To successfully negotiate the developmental transition between youth and adulthood,
adolescents must maneuver this often stressful period while acquiring skills necessary for …

Social play behavior is one of the earliest forms of non-mother-directed social behavior
appearing in ontogeny in mammalian species. During the last century, there has been a lot …

Evolutionarily, serotonin existed in plants even before the appearance of animals. Indeed,
serotonin may be tied to the evolution of life itself, particularly through the role of tryptophan …

In recent years, the term serotonergic vulnerability (SV) has been used in scientific literature,
but so far it has not been explicitly defined. This review article attempts to elucidate the SV …

Attention and impulsivity of prenatally substance-exposed 6 year olds were assessed as part
of a longitudinal study. Most of the women were light to moderate users of alcohol and …

The early appearance of monoamine systems in the developing mammalian CNS suggests
that they play a role in neural development. We review data from two model systems that …

The hypothesis explored in this review is that the high levels of serotonin in the blood seen
in some autistic children (the so-called hyperserotonemia of autism) may lead to some of the …

The binding parameters of highly selective ligands of serotonin (5-HT) transporters ([3H]
paroxetine), noradrenaline (NE) transporters ([3H] nisoxetine), and of dopamine (DA) …

Cerebral cortical development occurs in precisely-timed stages that can be divided into
neurogenesis, neuronal migration and neuronal differentiation. These events occur during …

Serotonin has been shown to affect the development of the mammalian nervous system. The
serotonin transporter is a major factor in regulating extracellular serotonin levels. Using in …