Fetal serotonin signaling: Setting pathways for early childhood development and behavior

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Oberlander, Tim F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression fetal programming; Fetal brain development; Genetics; Psychopharmacology; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOOD; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84864064091     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.04.009     Document Type: Review

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