Genetic and early environmental influences on the serotonin system: consequences for brain development and risk for psychopathology

L Booij, RE Tremblay, M Szyf, C Benkelfat - Journal of psychiatry and …, 2015 - jpn.ca
Background: Despite more than 60 years of research in the role of serotonin (5-HT) in
psychopathology, many questions still remain. From a developmental perspective, studies …

Life without brain serotonin: reevaluation of serotonin function with mice deficient in brain serotonin synthesis

V Mosienko, D Beis, M Pasqualetti, J Waider… - Behavioural brain …, 2015 - Elsevier
Tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) is a rate limiting enzyme in the synthesis of serotonin (5-HT),
a monoamine which works as an autacoid in the periphery and as a neurotransmitter in the …

Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 in seasonal affective disorder: underestimated perspectives?

AV Kulikov, NK Popova - Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2015 - degruyter.com
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is characterized by recurrent depression occurring
generally in fall/winter. Numerous pieces of evidence indicate the association of SAD with …

Serotonergic gene variation in substance use pharmacotherapy: a systematic review

IE Bauer, DP Graham, JC Soares… - Pharmacogenomics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Drug addiction is a serious disease with damaging effects on the brain and physical health.
Despite the increase in the number of affected individuals, there are few effective …

Beyond gene inactivation: evolution of tools for analysis of serotonergic circuitry

C Hainer, V Mosienko, S Koutsikou… - ACS chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In the brain, serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) controls a multitude of physiological and
behavioral functions. Serotonergic neurons in the raphe nuclei give rise to a complex and …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic variations in the serotonergic system contribute to amygdala volume in humans

J Li, C Chen, K Wu, M Zhang, B Zhu, C Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The amygdala plays a critical role in emotion processing and psychiatric disorders
associated with emotion dysfunction. Accumulating evidence suggests that amygdala …

[HTML][HTML] TPH2 variant rs7305115 and its interaction with acute stressful life events in etiology of suicide attempt in Serbian psychiatric patients

J Karanović, M Ivković, M Pantović… - Acta Medica …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Methods: 165 suicide attempters and 188 suicide non-attempters, suffering from major
psychiatric disorders, participated in the study. Acute SLEs score was assessed using the …