Associations among monoamine neurotransmitter pathways, personality traits, and major depressive disorder

X Shao, G Zhu - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a complex psychiatric disease requiring
multidisciplinary approaches to identify specific risk factors and establish more efficacious …

Emotional dysregulation, alexithymia and neuroticism: a systematic review on the genetic basis of a subset of psychological traits

G Castellini, GP Merola, OB Boy, V Pecoraro… - Psychiatric …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Neuroticism, alexithymia and emotion dysregulation are key traits and known risk factors for
several psychiatric conditions. In this systematic review, the aim is to evaluate the genetic …

The COMT val158met polymorphism in ultra-endurance athletes

K van Breda, M Collins, DJ Stein, L Rauch - Physiology & Behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
Chronic levels of physical activity have been associated with increased dopamine (D2)
receptors resulting in increased sensitivity to dopamine release. The catechol-O …

Heterosis in COMT Val158Met polymorphism contributes to sex-differences in children's math anxiety

A Júlio-Costa, AAS Martins, G Wood… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Math anxiety (MA) is a phobic reaction to math activities, potentially impairing math
achievement. Higher frequency of MA in females is explainable by the interaction between …

Axis I disorders

RM Bagby, AA Uliaszek, TM Gralnick, N Al-Dajani - 2015 - academic.oup.com
The purpose of this chapter is to summarize and discuss the complex relationship between
Five Factor Model (FFM) personality traits and clinical (Axis I) psychopathology, including …

A genetic variant (COMT) coding dopaminergic activity predicts personality traits in healthy elderly

E Kotyuk, J Duchek, D Head, A Szekely… - Personality and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Association studies between the NEO five factor personality inventory and COMT rs4680
have focused on young adults and the results have been inconsistent. However, personality …

To Each His Own Fear: Gender-Related Association of Anxiety, Substance Use, and Eating Disorders in a Representative Birth Cohort Sample of Young Adults with …

E Kiive, T Kurrikoff, T Veidebaum, J Harro - Neuropsychobiology, 2024 - karger.com
Introduction: The role of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) in catecholamine
neurotransmitter metabolism has led to the investigation of variants of the corresponding …

BDNF Val66Met genotype and neuroticism predict life stress: A longitudinal study from childhood to adulthood

K Lehto, J Mäestu, E Kiive, T Veidebaum… - European …, 2016 - Elsevier
The brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphism and life stress
have been associated with negative emotionality (eg, neuroticism), but relevant evidence is …

Schoolchildren's autobiographical memory: COMT gene Val158Met polymorphism effects on emotional content and quality of first memories

P Tõugu, T Tulviste, T Veidebaum, J Harro - Cognitive Processing, 2022 - Springer
Autobiographical memory is a cognitive function strongly related to emotional processing as
autobiographical memory often includes emotional content. The COMT gene Val 158 Met …

Updating schematic emotional facial expressions in working memory: Response bias and sensitivity

G Tamm, K Kreegipuu, J Harro, N Cowan - Acta psychologica, 2017 - Elsevier
It is unclear if positive, negative, or neutral emotional expressions have an advantage in
short-term recognition. Moreover, it is unclear from previous studies of working memory for …