Genetic mapping of escalated aggression in wild-derived mouse strain MSM/Ms: Association with serotonin-related genes

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 8 JUN, 2014, Pages

  Takahashi, Aki ^a,b   Shiroishi, Toshihiko ^a,b   Koide, Tsuyoshi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Escalated aggression; Genetic mapping; MSM Ms (MSM); Quantitative trait loci (QTLs); Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (Tph2); Wild mouse

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHROMOSOME SUBSTITUTION STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCALATED AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; MSM/MS MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84904967264     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00156     Document Type: Article

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