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Role of serotonin transporter promoter repeat length polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) in seasonality and seasonal affective disorder.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Mar 1998
Rosenthal N E, Mazzanti C M, Barnett R L, Hardin T A, Turner E H, Lam G K, Ozaki N, Goldman D
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Seasonal variations in mood and behavior (seasonality) and seasonal affective disorder (SAD) have been attributed to seasonal fluctuations in brain serotonin (5-HT). the short (s), as opposed to the long (l), allele of the 5-HT transporter linked polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) has been associated with n...
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