European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 129-139 , January 2011

The HTR1A and HTR1B receptor genes influence stress-related information processing

  • Krisztina Mekli

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, School of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
    • Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
    • Department of Pharmacodynamics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Antony Payton

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • Fabio Miyajima

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • Hazel Platt

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • Emma Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, School of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
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  • Darragh Downey

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • Kathryn Lloyd-Williams

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, School of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
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  • Diana Chase

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, School of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
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  • Zoltan G. Toth

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • Rebecca Elliott

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, School of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
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  • William E. Ollier

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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  • Ian M. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, School of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
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  • J.F. William Deakin

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, School of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
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  • Gyorgy Bagdy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacodynamics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
    • Group of Neurochemistry, Hungarian Academy of Science and Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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  • Gabriella Juhasz

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, School of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, School of Community Based Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. Tel.: +44 161 275 6915; fax: +44 161 275 7429.

Received 8 March 2010 ,Revised 17 June 2010 ,Accepted 23 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2010.06.013

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