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SUBMITTER: Kwang T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2919243 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Depression and anxiety 20100801 8
<h4>Background</h4>Biased attention for emotional stimuli reflects vulnerability or resilience to emotional disorders. The current study examines whether the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism is associated with attentional biases for negative word stimuli.<h4>Methods</h4>Unmedicated, young adults with low current depression and anxiety symptoms (N=106) were genotyped for the 5-HTTLPR, including the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs25531 in the long allele of the 5-HTTLPR. Participants then completed a ...[more]