[1P] A. Neural Excitability, Synapses, and Glia: Cellular Mechanisms

[1P-001] Gene activity of serotonin transporter associates with cognitive function, depressive tendency and hippocampal volume in older people: the Arao study

*Yutaro Yanagida¹, Yutaka Nakachi¹, Satoshi Kikkawa², Emi Kiyota¹, Risa Watanabe¹, Yui Murata¹, Hiroko Sugawara^3,4, Tomohisa Ishikawa⁵, Mamoru Hashimoto⁶, Yuji Takano⁷, Yasuyuki Taki⁸, Norio Sakai², Yasumasa Okamoto⁹, Minoru Takebayashi⁵, Miki Bundo¹, Kazuya Iwamoto¹ (1. Department of Molecular Brain Science Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kumamoto University, 2. Department of Molecular and Pharmacological Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 3. Department of Psychiatry, Kansai Rosai Hospital, 4. Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 5. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 6. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, 7. Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Human Environments, 8. Department of Aging Research and Geriatric Medicine, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 9. Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University)

Keywords:SLC6A4, 5-HTTLPR, DNA methylation