The effects of IL2Rγ knockout on depression and contextual memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-322

  Wu, Xiaojun ^a   Kastin, Abba J ^a   Hsuchou, Hung ^a   Pan, Weihong ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Depression; Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; IL2R ; Interleukin 15; Interleukin 2; Receptor knockout

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR GAMMA; IL2RG PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTEXTUAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CATALEPSY; CONDITIONING; DISEASE MODEL; FEAR; GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR COMMON GAMMA SUBUNIT; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77953917246     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.04.046     Document Type: Article

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