Abnormal behavioral phenotypes of serotonin transporter knockout mice: Parallels with human anxiety and depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 953-959

  Holmes, Andrew ^a,b   Murphy, Dennis L ^a   Crawley, Jacqueline N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Gene; Knockout; Polymorphism; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 0242391960     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.09.003     Document Type: Review

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