Article
Self-esteem in remitted patients with mood disorders is not associated with the dopamine receptor D4 and the serotonin transporter genes.
Psychiatry research - 17 Aug 1998
Serretti A, Macciardi F, Di Bella D, Catalano M, Smeraldi E
Abstract excerpt
Disturbances of the dopaminergic and serotoninergic neurotransmitter systems have been implicated in the pathogenesis of depressive symptoms. Associations have been reported between markers of the two neurotransmitter systems and the presence of illness or severity of depressive episodes, but no...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Bipolar Disorder
- Carrier Proteins
- Depressive Disorder
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Middle Aged
- Mood Disorders
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Receptors, Dopamine D2
- Receptors, Dopamine D4
- Self Concept
- Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
