Hippocampal neuroligin-2 links early-life stress with impaired social recognition and increased aggression in adult mice

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-143

  Kohl, Christine ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Dong ^b,c   Grosse, Jocelyn ^a   Fournier, Céline ^a   Harbich, Daniela ^b   Westerholz, Sören ^b   Li, Ji Tao ^d   Bacq, Alexandre ^a   Sippel, Claudia ^b   Hausch, Felix ^b   Sandi, Carmen ^a   Schmidt, Mathias V ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cell adhesion molecule; Early life stress; Hippocampus; Neuroligin 2; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROLIGIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925715636     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.02.016     Document Type: Article

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