Postnatal handling reverses social anxiety in serotonin receptor 1A knockout mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-32

  Zanettini, C ^a   Carola, V ^b,c   Lo Iacono, L ^b,e   Moles, A ^a,d   Gross, C ^b   D'Amato, F R ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d Genomnia   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Knockout; Maternal behavior; Open field test; Postnatal handling; Serotonin; Social approach test; Stress; Ultrasonic calls

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRESS; VOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 75749123051     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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