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Dopamine D4 receptor gene variation is associated with context-dependent attention for emotion stimuli.
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Apr 2013
Wells Tony T, Beevers Christopher G, Knopik Valerie S, McGeary John E
Abstract excerpt
Dopamine D(4) receptor (DRD4) gene variation has been associated with biased attention for contextually relevant information (e.g. images of cigarettes among smokers). No research has examined whether DRD4 variation is associated with biased attention for contextually cued emotion stimuli, an important putative intermediate phenotype for a number of pathologies (e.g. depression and anxiety). We conducted two...
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