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The serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism moderates the continuity of behavioral inhibition in early childhood.
Development and psychopathology - 1 Nov 2016
Johnson Victoria C, Kryski Katie R, Sheikh Haroon I, Smith Heather J, Singh Shiva M, Hayden Elizabeth P
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Persistently elevated behavioral inhibition (BI) in children is a marker of vulnerability to psychopathology. However, little research has considered the joint influences of caregiver and child factors that may moderate the continuity of BI in early childhood, particularly genetic variants that may serve as markers of biological plasticity, such as the serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR)....
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