CRC TRR 58 - A01: Life history, serotonergic system, and anxiety-like behaviour: testing the mismatch hypothesis

Basic data for this project

Type of projectSubproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration at the University of Münster01/07/2013 - 30/06/2016 | 2nd Funding period

Description

The aim of project A01 is to elucidate the effects of life history during early phases of life and adolescence on the development of anxiety-like behavior in adulthood and to understand how this process is modulated by the activity of the serotonergic system.

Keywordsanxiety-like behavior; natural anxiety; anxiety disorders; genetic and environmental factors; adulthood
Website of the projecthttp://sfbtrr58.uni-muenster.de/a01.html
Funding identifierTRR58/3
Funder / funding scheme
  • DFG - Collaborative Research Centre (SFB)

Project management at the University of Münster

Sachser, Norbert
Professorship of Neuro- and Behavioural Biology (Prof. Sachser)

Applicants from the University of Münster

Sachser, Norbert
Professorship of Neuro- and Behavioural Biology (Prof. Sachser)

Research associates from the University of Münster

Seidenbecher, Thomas Edgar
Institute of Physiology I (Neurophysiology)

Project partners outside the University of Münster

  • Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg (JMU)Germany