Genetic sensitivity to the caregiving context: The influence of 5httlpr and BDNF val66met on indiscriminate social behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 728-735

  Drury, Stacy S ^a   Gleason, Mary M ^a   Theall, Katherine P ^b   Smyke, Anna T ^a   Nelson, Charles A ^c   Fox, Nathan A ^d   Zeanah, Charles H ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Harvad Department of Pediatrics and Neuroscience   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

5HTT; BDNF; Biological sensitivity; Genetic plasticity; Indiscriminate behavior; Institutionalization

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SENSITIVITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY TRAINING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOSTER HOME CARE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METHIONINE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; VALINE;

EID: 84862490631     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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