Interaction effects of the 5-HTT and MAOA-uVNTR gene variants on pre-attentive EEG activity in response to threatening voices

Róger Marcelo Martínez; Tsai-Tsen Liao; Yang-Teng Fan; Yu-Chun Chen; Chenyi Chen

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03297-w

Communications Biology (Apr 2022)

Interaction effects of the 5-HTT and MAOA-uVNTR gene variants on pre-attentive EEG activity in response to threatening voices

Róger Marcelo Martínez,
Tsai-Tsen Liao,
Yang-Teng Fan,
Yu-Chun Chen,
Chenyi Chen

Affiliations

Róger Marcelo Martínez: Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University
Tsai-Tsen Liao: Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University
Yang-Teng Fan: Graduate Institute of Medicine, Yuan Ze University
Yu-Chun Chen: Department of Physical Education, National Taiwan University of Sport
Chenyi Chen: Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03297-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Martínez, Liao and colleagues investigate the processing of fearful stimuli in individuals with variations in genes linked to serotonergic brain function. They find evidence of an interaction between these variations and the pre-attentive processing of those stimuli.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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