RGS2 mediates the anxiolytic effect of oxytocin

Brain Research

Volumn 1453, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-33

  Okimoto, Naoki ^a   Bosch, Oliver J ^b   Slattery, David A ^b   Pflaum, Konstanze ^b   Matsushita, Hiroaki ^a   Wei, Fan Yan ^c   Ohmori, Masayasu ^a   Nishiki, Tei Ichi ^a   Ohmori, Iori ^a   Hiramatsu, Yuji ^a   Matsui, Hideki ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^b   Tomizawa, Kazuhito ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Female; Mouse; Stress

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; RGS2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LACTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; LACTATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RGS PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84859792364     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.03.012     Document Type: Article

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