Serotonin transporter gene variation, infant abuse, and responsiveness to stress in rhesus macaque mothers and infants

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 538-547

  McCormack, K ^a,b   Newman, T K ^c   Higley, J D ^d   Maestripieri, D ^b,e   Sanchez, M M ^b,f  

^a SPELMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Child maltreatment; Developmental psychopathology; Early experience; Genetic effects; Macaca mulatta; Maternal behavior; rh5 HTTLPR; Serotonin transporter; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; HORMONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALLELE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EMOTION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFE STRESS; MACACA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; TIME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HORMONES; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MACACA MULATTA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTHERS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63649130425     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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