Benefits of adversity?! How life history affects the behavioral profile of mice varying in serotonin transporter genotype

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Bodden, Carina ^a   Helene Richter, S ^a   Schreiber, Rebecca S ^a   Kloke, Vanessa ^a   Gerß, Joachim ^a   Palme, Rupert ^b   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^c   Lewejohann, Lars ^a,d   Kaiser, Sylvia ^a   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HTT; Anxiety like behavior; Life history; Match mismatch; Predictive adaptive response hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DARK LIGHT TEST; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EXPERIMENTAL ANXIETY TEST; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRENATAL PERIOD; SUCKLING ANIMAL;

EID: 84925070979     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00047     Document Type: Article

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