Influence of prenatal iron deficiency and MAOA genotype on response to social challenge in rhesus monkey infants

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-290

  Golub, M S ^a   Hogrefe, C E ^b   Unger, E L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Infant; Iron; MAOA polymorphism; Monkey; Nonhuman primate; Rhesus; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMOTION; FEAR; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SNIFFING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84859423673     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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