Adaptive fitness; early life adversity improves adult stress coping in heterozygous serotonin transporter knockout rats

Mol Psychiatry. 2013 Dec;18(12):1244-5. doi: 10.1038/mp.2012.186. Epub 2013 Jan 15.

Authors

R H A van der Doelen¹, T Kozicz, J R Homberg

Affiliation

¹ 1] Department of Cellular Animal Physiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands [2] Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 23319004
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.186

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Psychological*
Animals
Animals, Newborn / psychology
Female
Gene Knockout Techniques
Heterozygote
Male
Maternal Deprivation
Rats
Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / genetics*
Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / physiology
Stress, Psychological / genetics*
Stress, Psychological / psychology

Substances

Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
Slc6a4 protein, rat