Involvement of the BDNF gene in loneliness in adolescence: a report of opposite gene effects in boys and girls.

Previous research has shown that loneliness has a heritable component and that genes within the serotonin-, dopamine-, and oxytocin systems are related to loneliness in adolescence. In the present study, the relation between the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and loneliness in adolescent boys and girls...

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Main Authors: Maaike Verhagen, Eeske van Roekel, Rutger C M E Engels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3960275?pdf=render