Hippocampal Neuroligin-2 Overexpression Leads to Reduced Aggression and Inhibited Novelty Reactivity in Rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kohl, Christine ^a,b   Riccio, Orbicia ^a   Grosse, Jocelyn ^a   Zanoletti, Olivia ^a   Fournier, Céline ^a   Schmidt, Mathias V ^b   Sandi, Carmen ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROLIGIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84874309145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056871     Document Type: Article

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