Effects of chronic stress on the onset and progression of Huntington's disease in transgenic mice

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 81-94

  Mo, Christina ^a   Renoir, Thibault ^a   Hannan, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental factor; Huntington's disease; Neurodegenerative disease; Olfactory; Restraint; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; SACCHARIN; HTT PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE ONTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAROD TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; VOCALIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN; Y-MAZE TEST; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDOPHENOTYPE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL REWARD ADDICTION TEST; FLUID INTAKE; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; SACCHARIN PREFERENCE TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; EXERCISE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906562327     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2014.07.008     Document Type: Article

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