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Associations between serotonin transporter and behavioral traits and diagnoses related to anxiety.
Psychiatry research - 1 Jul 2017
Talati Ardesheer, Odgerel Zagaa, Wickramaratne Priya J, Norcini-Pala Andrea, Skipper Jamie L, Gingrich Jay A, Weissman Myrna M
Abstract excerpt
The role of the serotonin transporter promoter-linked polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) in psychiatric disease remains unclear. Behavioral traits could serve as alternative outcomes that are stable, precede psychopathology, and capture more sub-clinical variation. We test associations between 5-HTTLPR and (1) behavioral traits and (2) clinical diagnoses of anxiety and depression. Second and third generation participants...
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