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Effects of serotonin transporter and receptor polymorphisms on depression.
Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.) - 1 Jan 2000
López-Echeverri Yéssica P, Cardona-Londoño Kelly J, Garcia-Aguirre Jhonny F, Orrego-Cardozo Mary
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INTRODUCTION: Serotonin is highly implicated in the regulation of emotional state and the execution of cognitive tasks, so much so that the serotonin transporter genes (5-HTT, SLC6A4) and the serotonin receptor genes (HTR1A, HTR1B, HTR2A) have become the perfect candidates when studying the effects that these genes and their polymorphic variations have on depression characteristics. OBJECTIVE: A review of...
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