Hypothalamic expression of Peg3 gene is associated with maternal care differences between SM/J and LG/J mouse strains

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 365-376

  Chiavegatto, Silvana ^a,b   Sauce, Bruno ^c   Ambar, Guilherme ^a   Cheverud, James M ^d   Peripato, Andrea C ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b National Institute for Developmental Psychiatry for Childhood and Adolescence (INCT CNPq)   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Epigenetic; FosB; Gene expression; Gene variation; Hypothalamus; Imprinting; Maternal behavior; Oxt; QTL

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSB GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HETEROZYGOTE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MILK EJECTION; MOUSE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXT GENE; PEG3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 84871620948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.58     Document Type: Article

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