Abnormalities in aggression and anxiety in transgenic mice overexpressing activin E

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 385, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-323

  Sekiyama, Kazunari ^a   Hashimoto, Osamu ^a   Ushiro, Yuuki ^a   Adachi, Chika ^a   Kikusui, Takefumi ^b   Tanemura, Kentaro ^c   Hasegawa, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin E; Aggression; Anxiety; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOOD DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 67349113812     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.05.054     Document Type: Article

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