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Identifying molecular substrates in a mouse model of the serotonin transporter x environment risk factor for anxiety and depression.
Biological psychiatry - 1 May 2008
Carola Valeria, Frazzetto Giovanni, Pascucci Tiziana, Audero Enrica, Puglisi-Allegra Stefano, Cabib Simona, Lesch Klaus-Peter, Gross Cornelius
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BACKGROUND: A polymorphism in the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene modulates the association between adverse early experiences and risk for major depression in adulthood. Although human imaging studies have begun to elucidate the neural circuits involved in the 5-HTT x environment risk factor, a molecular understanding of this phenomenon is lacking. Such an understanding might help to identify novel targets for...
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