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Serotonin transporter genotype x construction stress interaction in rats.
Behavioural brain research - 30 Sept 2011
Schipper Pieter, Nonkes Lourens J P, Karel Peter, Kiliaan Amanda J, Homberg Judith R
Abstract excerpt
A well-known example for gene x environment interactions in psychiatry is the one involving the low activity (s) allelic variant of the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) that in the context of stress increases risk for depression. In analogy, 5-HTT knockout rodents are highly responsive to early life, but also adult external stressors, albeit conflicting data have been obtained. In...
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