Estrogen Deficient Male Mice Develop Compulsive Behavior

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-366

  Hill, Rachel A ^a   McInnes, Kerry J ^a   Gong, Emily C H ^a   Jones, Margaret E E ^a   Simpson, Evan R ^a   Boon, Wah Chin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aromatase; catechol O methyltransferase; estrogen; knockout mouse; male; obsessive compulsive

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENDER; GENOTYPE; GROOMING; HAIRDRESSER; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TREADMILL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GROOMING; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33846214049     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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