Seasonal Affective Disorder and Serotonin-Related Polymorphisms

Seasonal Affective Disorder and Serotonin-Related Polymorphisms

Disturbances in central serotonergic systems have been hypothesized to be involved in seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Association between SAD and the shorter allele of the serotonin transporter promoter repeat length polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) has been reported in an American sample. We have genotyp...

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Main Authors: C. Johansson, C. Smedh, T. Partonen, P. Pekkarinen, T. Paunio, J. Ekholm, L. Peltonen, D. Lichtermann, J. Palmgren, R. Adolfsson, M. Schalling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2001-04-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
Subjects:
depression
seasonality
serotonin transporter
serotonin receptor 2A
serotonin receptor 2C
tryptophan hydroxylase
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996100903735

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