Social subordination and polymorphisms in the gene encoding the serotonin transporter enhance estradiol inhibition of luteinizing hormone secretion in female rhesus monkeys

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1154-1163

  Michopoulos, Vasiliki ^a   Berga, Sarah L ^b   Kaplan, Jay R ^c   Wilson, Mark E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Estradiol; Luteinizing hormone; Serotonin transporter polymorphism; Social subordination; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; BUTYL[2,5 DIMETHYL 7 (2,4,6 TRIMETHYLPHENYL) 7H PYRROLO[2,3 D]PYRIMIDIN 4 YL]ETHYLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPERCORTISOLISM; INOTROPISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALITY; MACACA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SECRETION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

MACACA MULATTA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA MULATTA; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 73949088404     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.079038     Document Type: Article

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