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Unexpected effects of early-life adversity and social enrichment on the anxiety profile of mice varying in serotonin transporter genotype.
Behavioural brain research - 15 Jun 2013
Kloke Vanessa, Heiming Rebecca S, Bölting Stefanie, Kaiser Sylvia, Lewejohann Lars, Lesch Klaus-Peter, Sachser Norbert
Abstract excerpt
Developmental mechanisms that shape behaviour are under environmental as well as genetic influence, commonly referred to as gene-by-environment interaction (GxE). Here, we compared the role of different early environments - adverse, standard, and enriched - for the modulation of the anxiety profile in mice varying in serotonin transporter (5-HTT) genotype. Early-life adversity was simulated by exposing lactating...
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