A PUTATIVELY FUNCTIONAL POLYMORPHISM IN THE HTR2C GENE IS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN WHITE FEMALES REPORTING SIGNIFICANT LIFE STRESS.

A putatively functional polymorphism in the HTR2C gene is associated with depressive symptoms in white females reporting significant life stress.

Psychosocial stress is well known to be positively associated with subsequent depressive symptoms.Cortisol response to stress may be one of a number of biological mechanisms that links psychological stress to depressive symptoms, although the precise causal pathway remains unclear.Activity of the x-linked serotonin 5-HTR2C receptor has also been sh

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Aerosol optical thickness of Mt. Etna volcanic plume retrieved by means of the Airborne Multispectral Imaging Spectrometer (MIVIS)

Within the framework of the European MVRRS project (Mitigation of Volcanic Risk by Remote Sensing Techniques), in June 1997 an airborne campaign was organised on Mt.Etna to study different characteristics of the volcanic plume emitted by the summit craters in quiescent conditions.Digital images were collected with the Airborne Multis

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