The serotonin transporter gene linked polymorphic region is associated with the behavioral response to repeated stress exposure in infant rhesus macaques

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-165

  Spinelli, Simona ^a   Schwandt, Melanie L ^a   Lindell, Stephen G ^a   Heilig, Markus ^a   Suomi, Stephen J ^b   Higley, J Dee ^c   Goldman, David ^a   Barr, Christina S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

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

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856635611     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000745     Document Type: Article

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