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Inflammatory vulnerability associated with the rh5-HTTLPR genotype in juvenile rhesus monkeys.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Apr 2013
Amaral W Z, Lubach G R, Bennett A J, Coe C L
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Individual variation in serotonergic function is associated with reactivity, risk for affective disorders, as well as an altered response to disease. Our study used a nonhuman primate model to further investigate whether a functional polymorphism in the promoter region for the serotonin transporter gene helps to explain differences in proinflammatory responses. Homology between the human and rhesus monkey...
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