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5-HTTLPR short allele, resilience, and successful aging in older adults.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - 1 May 2012
OʼHara Ruth, Marcus Peter, Thompson Wesley K, Flournoy John, Vahia Ipsit, Lin Xiaoyan, Hallmayer Joachim, Depp Colin, Jeste Dilip V
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OBJECTIVE: Resilience is proposed as a significant component of successful aging. Young adult carriers of the Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) short(s) allele appear to have reduced resilience to stress. We examined whether the presence of the short allele was associated with poorer emotional resilience in older adults. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study of 99 healthy, community-dwelling, older...
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