Perinatal effects on in vivo measures of human brain serotonin synthesis in adulthood: A 27-year longitudinal study

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 419-423

  Booij, Linda ^a,b,c   Benkelfat, Chawki ^c,d,e   Leyton, Marco ^c,d,e   Vitaro, Frank ^a,b   Gravel, Paul ^c   Lévesque, Mélissa L ^a   Arseneault, Louise ^f   Diksic, Mirko ^d,e   Tremblay, Richard E ^a,b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adversity; Brain development; Emotion regulation; Neuro imaging; Serotonin; Stress

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; NICOTINE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84860463239     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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