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Neural signatures of the interaction between the 5-HTTLPR genotype and stressful life events in healthy women.
Psychiatry research - 30 Aug 2014
Favaro Angela, Manara Renzo, Pievani Michela, Clementi Maurizio, Forzan Monica, Bruson Alice, Tenconi Elena, Degortes Daniela, Pinato Claudia, Giannunzio Valeria, Battista Frisoni Giovanni, Santonastaso Paolo
Abstract excerpt
A change in neural connectivity of brain structures implicated in the memory of negative life events has been hypothesized to explain the enhancement of memory encoding during the processing of negative stimuli in depressed patients. Here, we investigated the effects of the interaction between negative life events and the 5-HTTLPR genotype - a polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene - on the functional and...
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