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The serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and personality: response style as a new endophenotype for anxiety.
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Jun 2014
Plieger Thomas, Montag Christian, Felten Andrea, Reuter Martin
Abstract excerpt
Although the serotonin transporter length polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism is an extensively-investigated genetic marker of anxiety related personality traits (neuroticism and harm avoidance) and affective disorders, effect sizes in meta-analyses are small, if present at all, and all available primary studies to date lack mandatory statistical power. Moreover, questionnaire data is prone to confounding...
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