Differential impact of polysialyltransferase ST8SiaII and ST8SiaIV knockout on social interaction and aggression

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 958-967

  Calandreau, L ^a,b   Marquez C ^a   Bisaz, R ^a   Fantin, M ^a   Sandi, C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Aggression; NCAM; Polysialyltransferase ST8SiaII; Polysialyltransferase ST8SiaIV; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYSIALYLTRANSFERASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE X; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPERACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTIVATION; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 78349267916     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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