Predicting Serotonin Transporter Haplotypes Based on Reinforcement Learning
Date
2022-05-11
Authors
Ru'a Rimawi
Anfal Abu Hilal
Mohmmad M. Herzallah
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Publisher
Al-Quds University, Deanship of Scientific Research
Abstract
Background: Serotonergic neurotransmission has been implicated in risk assessment, processing of negative feedback, and encoding value and time interaction. In humans, central serotonin signals are usually inferred from naturally-occurring polymorphisms in genes that encode key proteins for the synaptic reuptake of serotonin, namely the serotonin transporter (SERT). The SERT gene has two well-studied functional polymorphisms: (1) the 5-HT transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR; long allele (L) = low serotonin, short allele = high serotonin), and (2) the serotonin transporter polyadenylation polymorphism (STPP; C allele = high, A allele = low serotonin).