Serotonin transporter expression is predicted by early life stress and is associated with disinhibited behavior in infant rhesus macaques

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Kinnally, E L ^a   Tarara, E R ^c   Mason, W A ^b,c   Mendoza, S P ^c   Abel, K ^c   Lyons, L A ^b   Capitanio, J P ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral disinhibition; Development; Early life stress; Genotype; Rhesus macaque; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MATERNAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MONOCYTES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 75749132798     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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