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BDNF moderates early environmental risk factors for anxiety in mouse.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Jun 2010
Carola Valeria, Gross Cornelius
Abstract excerpt
Anxiety is known to be influenced by both adverse childhood experiences and genetic susceptibility factors. A polymorphism in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene modulates the association between adverse early experiences and risk for anxiety and depression in adulthood. An animal model of this gene-by-environment risk factor is lacking. Using two different early environmental manipulations, we...
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