The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, early and recent life stress, and cognitive endophenotypes of depression
Studies associating interactions of 5-HTTLPR and life adversities with depression have yielded equivocal results. Studying endophenotypes may constitute a more powerful approach. In the current study, it was assessed whether interactions of 5-HTTLPR with childhood emotional abuse (CEA) and recent ne...
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description | Studies associating interactions of 5-HTTLPR and life adversities with depression have yielded equivocal results. Studying endophenotypes may constitute a more powerful approach. In the current study, it was assessed whether interactions of 5-HTTLPR with childhood emotional abuse (CEA) and recent negative life events (RNLE) affect possible cognitive endophenotypes of depression, namely, attention-allocation bias and the ability to recognise others' mind states in 215 young adults of North-West European descent. The ability to classify others' negative mind states was found to be increased with increasing RNLE in carriers of low-expressing Serotonin Transporter Linked Polymorphic Region (5-HTTLPR) alleles. Carriers of two low-expressing alleles also preferentially oriented attention towards negative information. Gene-environment interactions were not observed for attention allocation bias. No effects involving CEA were observed. These results suggest that low-expressing 5-HTTLPR alleles may confer increased risk for depression through enhanced recognition of negative facial expressions following RNLE. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor and Francis. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:5351957f-dd96-4c03-9a70-f6a3f1be07942022-03-26T16:30:53ZThe 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, early and recent life stress, and cognitive endophenotypes of depressionJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:5351957f-dd96-4c03-9a70-f6a3f1be0794EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordRoutledge2014Kruijt, APutman, PVan der Does, WStudies associating interactions of 5-HTTLPR and life adversities with depression have yielded equivocal results. Studying endophenotypes may constitute a more powerful approach. In the current study, it was assessed whether interactions of 5-HTTLPR with childhood emotional abuse (CEA) and recent negative life events (RNLE) affect possible cognitive endophenotypes of depression, namely, attention-allocation bias and the ability to recognise others' mind states in 215 young adults of North-West European descent. The ability to classify others' negative mind states was found to be increased with increasing RNLE in carriers of low-expressing Serotonin Transporter Linked Polymorphic Region (5-HTTLPR) alleles. Carriers of two low-expressing alleles also preferentially oriented attention towards negative information. Gene-environment interactions were not observed for attention allocation bias. No effects involving CEA were observed. These results suggest that low-expressing 5-HTTLPR alleles may confer increased risk for depression through enhanced recognition of negative facial expressions following RNLE. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor and Francis. |
spellingShingle | Kruijt, A Putman, P Van der Does, W The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, early and recent life stress, and cognitive endophenotypes of depression |
title | The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, early and recent life stress, and cognitive endophenotypes of depression |
title_full | The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, early and recent life stress, and cognitive endophenotypes of depression |
title_fullStr | The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, early and recent life stress, and cognitive endophenotypes of depression |
title_full_unstemmed | The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, early and recent life stress, and cognitive endophenotypes of depression |
title_short | The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism, early and recent life stress, and cognitive endophenotypes of depression |
title_sort | 5 httlpr polymorphism early and recent life stress and cognitive endophenotypes of depression |
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