Sexually dimorphic serotonergic dysfunction in a mouse model of Huntington's disease and depression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Renoir, Thibault ^a   Zajac, Michelle S ^a   Du, Xin ^a   Pang, Terence Y ^a   Leang, Leah ^a   Chevarin, Caroline ^b,c   Lanfumey, Laurence ^b,c   Hannan, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; CORTICOSTERONE; SACCHARIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SERTRALINE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ENDOPHENOTYPE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOVELTY SUPPRESSED FEEDING TEST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; RAPHE NUCLEI; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; SEROTONIN; SERTRALINE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWIMMING;

EID: 79960098807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022133     Document Type: Article

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