The utility of the non-human primate model for studying gene by environment interactions in behavioral research

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 336-340

  Barr, C S ^a   Newman, T K ^a   Becker, M L ^a   Parker, C C ^b   Champoux, M ^b   Lesch, K P ^c   Goldman, D ^a   Suomi, S J ^b   Higley, J D ^a  

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

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Gene x environment interaction; Nonhuman primate; Play; Serotonin transporter; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; RHESUS MONKEY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; MACACA MULATTA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOOD DISORDERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0344442889     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1601-1848.2003.00051.x     Document Type: Review

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