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The serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region and brain-derived neurotrophic factor valine to methionine at position 66 polymorphisms and maternal history of depression: associations with cognitive vulnerability to depression in childhood.
Development and psychopathology - 1 Aug 2013
Hayden Elizabeth P, Olino Thomas M, Bufferd Sara J, Miller Anna, Dougherty Lea R, Sheikh Haroon I, Singh Shiva M, Klein Daniel N
Abstract excerpt
Preliminary work indicates that cognitive vulnerability to depression may be associated with variants of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and the valine to methionine at position 66 (val66met) polymorphism of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene; however, existing reports come from small samples. The present study sought to replicate and extend this research in a sample of...
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