Article
Epistasis between 5-HTTLPR and ADRA2B polymorphisms influences attentional bias for emotional information in healthy volunteers.
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Sept 2012
Naudts Kris H, Azevedo Ruben T, David Anthony S, van Heeringen Kees, Gibbs Ayana A
Abstract excerpt
Individual differences in emotional processing are likely to contribute to vulnerability and resilience to emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety. Genetic variation is known to contribute to these differences but they remain incompletely understood. The serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) and α2B-adrenergic autoreceptor (ADRA2B) insertion/deletion polymorphisms impact on two separate but interacting...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Analysis of Variance
- Attention
- Bias
- Emotions
- Epistasis, Genetic
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans