Effect of the interaction between the serotonin transporter gene and maternal environment on developing mouse brain

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 188-194

  Carola, Valeria ^a,b   Pascucci, Tiziana ^b,c   Puglisi Allegra, Stefano ^b,c   Cabib, Simona ^b,c   Gross, Cornelius ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; BDNF; Depression; Gene environment; HTT; Maternal behavior

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 78449256965     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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