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Oct 2026
Effects of Serotonin Transporter Genotype and (Un)Predictable Maternal Separation on Affective, Cognitive, and Social Behaviors in Female Rats
ABSTRACT Serotonin transporter (SERT) variation is linked to depression risk after stress, conferring an increased risk to SERT‐linked polymorphic region (5‐HTTLPR) short‐allele carriers, who show heightened sensitivity to cumulative stress and childhood maltreatment. To elucidate the neurobiological mechanisms underly...
D. Houwing, M. A. Prado-Rivera, Jenny Borkent et al.
· Genes, Brain and Behavior · 0 citations