Influence of sex and genetic background on anxiety-related and stress-induced behaviour of prodynorphin-deficient mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Kastenberger, Iris ^a   Lutsch, Christian ^a   Herzog, Herbert ^b   Schwarzer, Christoph ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PRODYNORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; PEPTIDE; PREPROENKEPHALIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; SWIMMING;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENKEPHALINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, GENETIC; PEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84859029475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034251     Document Type: Article

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