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Serotonin transporter genotype affects serotonin 5-HT1A binding in primates.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 6 Feb 2013
Christian Bradley T, Wooten Dustin W, Hillmer Ansel T, Tudorascu Dana L, Converse Alexander K, Moore Colleen F, Ahlers Elizabeth O, Barnhart Todd E, Kalin Ned H, Barr Christina S, Schneider Mary L
Abstract excerpt
Disruption of the serotonin system has been implicated in anxiety and depression and a related genetic variation has been identified that may predispose individuals for these illnesses. The relationship of a functional variation of the serotonin transporter promoter gene (5-HTTLPR) on serotonin transporter binding using in vivo imaging techniques have yielded inconsistent findings when comparing variants for...
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