Mild expression differences of MECP2 influencing aggressive social behavior

EMBO Molecular Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 662-684

  Tantra, Martesa ^a,b   Hammer, Christian ^a   Kästner, Anne ^a   Dahm, Liane ^a   Begemann, Martin ^a   Bodda, Chiranjeevi ^b,c   Hammerschmidt, Kurt ^d   Giegling, Ina ^e   Stepniak, Beata ^a   Castillo Venzor, Aracely ^a   Konte, Bettina ^e   Erbaba, Begun ^a   Hartmann, Annette ^e   Tarami, Asieh ^a   Schulz Schaeffer, Walter ^c   Rujescu, Dan ^e   Mannan, Ashraf U ^b,c   Ehrenreich, Hannelore ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic background; Human; MicroRNA; Mouse; Phenotype based genetic association study

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRO RNA 511; MICRORNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MECP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MECP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MIRN511 MICRORNA, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOME-CAGE ACTIVITY TEST; IMPULSIVENESS; LOCOMOTION; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STARTLE REFLEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSGENICS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84899912938     PISSN: 17574676     EISSN: 17574684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201303744     Document Type: Article

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