Genetic analysis of the neurosteroid deoxycorticosterone and its relation to alcohol phenotypes: Identification of QTLs and downstream gene regulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Porcu, Patrizia ^a   O'Buckley, Todd K ^a   Song, Soomin C ^a   Harenza, Jo Lynne ^b   Lu, Lu ^c   Wang, Xusheng ^c   Williams, Robert W ^c   Miles, Michael F ^b   Morrow, A Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM;

MUS;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME; MALE; MICE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 79954560260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018405     Document Type: Article

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