Increased anxiety in mice lacking vitamin D receptor gene

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1271-1274

  Kalueff, Allan V ^a   Lou, Yan Ru ^a   Laaksi, Ilkka ^a   Tuohimaa, Pentti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety behaviours; Knock out mice; Vitamin D receptors

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GENE DELETION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 2942592332     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000129370.04248.92     Document Type: Article

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