The influence of a targeted deletion of the IFNγ gene on emotional behaviors

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 308-324

  Kustova, Yelena ^a   Sei, Yoshitatsu ^a   Morse III, Herbert C ^a   Basile, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

BALB c; Behavior; C57B1 6; Emotionality; Inbred mouse strains; Interferon gamma; Knockout

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOGENETICS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032445069     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1998.0546     Document Type: Article

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