Consequences of serotonin transporter genotype and early adversity on behavioral profile - pathology or adaptation?
This review focuses on how behavioral profile is shaped by early adversity in individuals with varying serotonin-transporter (5-HTT) genotype. In a recent study on 5-HTT knockout mice Heiming et al. (2009) simulated a ‘dangerous environment’ by confronting pregnant and lactating females with odor cu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2010.00187/full |