Environmental stress alters genetic regulation of novelty seeking in vervet monkeys

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 683-688

  Fairbanks, L A ^a   Bailey, J N ^a   Breidenthal, S E ^a   Laudenslager, M L ^b   Kaplan, J R ^c   Jorgensen, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate genetic correlation; Environment; Heritability; Novelty seeking; Stress; Vervet monkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHLOROCEBUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION SEEKING;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; PEDIGREE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

CERCOPITHECUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 79961023736     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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