Impact of the tri-allelic serotonin transporter polymorphism on the white-matter tract connecting the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex.

J Neurosci

Graduate Program in Neuroscience, and Psychiatric Affective Neuroimaging Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA.

Published: August 2009

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