Urocortin-deficient mice display normal stress-induced anxiety behavior and autonomic control but an impaired acoustic startle response

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 6605-6610

  Wang, Xiaozhong ^a   Su, Hong ^a   Copenhagen, Leslie D ^a   Vaishnav, Sukishi ^a   Pieri, Fredalina ^a   Do Shope, Cynthia ^a   Brownell, William E ^a   De Biasi, Mariella ^a   Paylor, Richard ^a   Bradley, Allan ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; HEARING; LIGHT; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; SOUND; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036724049     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.22.18.6605-6610.2002     Document Type: Article

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