摘要Serotonin(5-hydroxytryptamine,5-HT)influences the cortical and subcortical excitatory/inhibitory balance and participates in the pathophysiological processes of epilepsy.The serotonin transporter(5-HTT)is the most important factor in serotonin inactivation.We tested whether 5-HTT polymorphisms are involved in the pathogenesis of epilepsy in Chinese Han population.We did not find a significant difference in the frequencies of genotypes and alleles in the 5-HTT gene-linked polymorphic region(5-HTTLPR)in patients with non-lesional temporal lobe epilepsy and normal controls(P > 0.05).Frequencies of the 5-HTT intren 2 variable number tandem repeat(5-HTTVNTR)12/12 genotype and allele 12 were higher in the patients with non-lesional temporal lobe epilepsy than normal controls(P < 0.01).The odds ratio of affecting non-lesional temporal lobe epilepsy was1.435(95% Cl,1.096 1.880)in patients carrying allele 12(P < 0.05).Although the 5-HTFLPR may not be a genetic locus of non-lesional temporal lobe epilepsy in Chinese Han population,allele 12 in the 5-HTFVNTR may correlate with non-lesional temporal lobe epilepsy.The Stin2.12 allele and12/12 genotype could be predisposing to non-lesional temporal lobe epilepsy.