Cognitive impact of genetic variation of the serotonin transporter in primates is associated with differences in brain morphology rather than serotonin neurotransmission

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 512-522

  Jedema, H P ^a   Gianaros, P J ^a   Greer, P J ^a   Kerr, D D ^a   Liu, S ^a   Higley, J D ^b   Suomi, S J ^c   Olsen, A S ^a   Porter, J N ^a   Lopresti, B J ^c   Hariri, A R ^a   Bradberry, C W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d VA Pittsburgh HCS   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Cognition; Development; Polymorphism; Rhesus macaque; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 4 (2 DIMETHYLAMINOMETHYLPHENYLSULFANYL)BENZONITRILE C 11; CARBON 11; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE C 11; RADIOLIGAND; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR BINDING; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZYLAMINES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; GENOTYPE; MACACA MULATTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PIPERAZINES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRIDINES; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM;

EID: 77951880720     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2009.90     Document Type: Article

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