How the cerebral serotonin homeostasis predicts environmental changes: A model to explain seasonal changes of brain 5-HTT as intermediate phenotype of the 5-HTTLPR

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-343

  Kalbitzer, Jan ^a   Kalbitzer, Urs ^b   Knudsen, Gitte Moos ^c   Cumming, Paul ^d   Heinz, Andreas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HTT; 5 HTTLPR; Behavior; Intermediate phenotypes; Seasonality; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN METABOLISM; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SAFETY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROMODULATION; PHENOTYPE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEASONS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84888643099     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3308-1     Document Type: Review

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