Also called "SERT," SLC6A4 is a serotonin-transporting gene. Serotonin is responsible for mood regulation and contributes to a person's overall sense of well-being.

(Read: 10 things that increase your risk for depression.) The research focused on a particular gene, known as SERT, that transports the mood-regulating chemical, serotonin.

Every person has one of three types of SERT gene, either the long-long (l/l), the short-long (s/l), or the short-short (s/s). The team DNA tested 333 middle-aged Victorians of Northern and Western ...

The research focussed on a particular gene, known as SERT, that transports the mood-regulating chemical, serotonin.

It is estimated that about 17 percent of the population has two copies of the SERT-s gene. People carrying two SERT-s genes are sensitive to emotional stimuli and likely to experience depression than ...

Many human neurological traits are linked to variations in the gene that encodes the serotonin transporter. Murphy and Lesch describe the phenotypes of mice with altered serotonin-transporter ...

The research, published in British Journal of Psychiatry Open focussed on a particular gene, known as SERT, that transports the mood-regulating chemical, serotonin.

The serotonin transporter (SERT) gene-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) has been implicated in moderating the link between life stress and depression. However, respective molecular pathways of ...

Recent studies of mice expressing the most common of these gene variants, called SERT Ala56, induces behavioral changes in animals that scientists connect to alterations in people with autism ...

Recent studies of mice expressing the most common of these gene variants, called SERT Ala56, induces behavioral changes in animals that scientists connect to alterations in people with autism ...

This image shows the mitral valve of the heart of a mouse that lacks the serotonin transporter (SERT) gene. The valve was stained with prico-sirius red to show collagen. SERT knockout mice had a ...