Overexpression of agouti protein and stress responsiveness in mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 599-608

  Harris, Ruth B S ^a,b   Zhou, Jun ^a   Shi, Mingxia ^a   Redmann Jr , Stephen ^a   Mynatt, Randall L ^a   Ryan, Donna H ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Body weight; Melanocortin receptors; Restraint stress; MSH

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; BETA ACTIN; CORTICOSTERONE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROOMING; HYPOPHAGIA; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0034907831     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00508-X     Document Type: Article

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