Genetic and environmental factors interact to influence anxiety

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 493-501

  Gross, Cornelius ^a   Hen, René ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT1A Receptor; Anxiety; Depression; Knockout; Neurogenesis; Plasticity; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Serotonin; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 13944284211     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033286     Document Type: Article

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