Klaus-Peter Lesch

Klaus-Peter Lesch is a German clinical psychiatrist who has been investigating the neurobiological foundation of personality traits.

Klaus-Peter Lesch 2014

[1] His 1996 paper[2] on the association between the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene and the personality trait neuroticism has been highly cited and was one of the first papers in personality genetics.

He is professor at the University of Würzburg. Among his coauthors has been Peter Riederer. In 2008, he received the ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award.[3]

  1. ^ "Interview with Prof. Dr. K.P. Lesch". in-cites.
  2. ^ Lesch, Klaus-Peter; Bengel, D.; Heils, A.; Sabol, S. Z.; Greenberg, B. D.; Petri, S.; Benjamin, J.; Muller, C. R.; Hamer, D. H.; Murphy, D. L. (November 1996). "Association of anxiety-related traits with a polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene regulatory region". Science. 274 (5292): 1527–31. Bibcode:1996Sci...274.1527L. doi:10.1126/science.274.5292.1527. PMID 8929413. S2CID 35503987.
  3. ^ "ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award winners". www.ecnp.eu. Retrieved 2024-08-01.