Dissociable Effects of Sry and Sex Chromosome Complement on Activity, Feeding and Anxiety-Related Behaviours in Mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Kopsida, Eleni ^a,b   Lynn, Phoebe M ^a,b   Humby, Trevor ^a,b   Wilkinson, Lawrence S ^a,b   Davies, William ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONAD; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX LINKAGE; SRY GENE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENES, SRY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84882936906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073699     Document Type: Article

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