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Serotonin transporter genotype modulates the association between depressive symptoms and amygdala activity among psychiatrically healthy adults.
Psychiatry research - 30 Sept 2011
Gillihan Seth J, Rao Hengyi, Brennan Lauretta, Wang Danny J J, Detre John A, Sankoorikal Geena Mary V, Brodkin Edward S, Farah Martha J
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Recent attempts to understand the biological bases of depression vulnerability have revealed that both the short allele of the serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) and activity in the amygdala are associated with depression. Other studies have reported amygdala hyperactivity associated with the 5-HTTLPR short allele, linking the genetic and neuroimaging lines of research and suggesting a...
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