NPY-Y1 coexpressed with NPY-Y5 receptors modulate anxiety but not mild social stress response in mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 534-542

  Longo, A ^a,b   Oberto, A ^a,b,c   Mele, P ^a,b   Mattiello, L ^b   Pisu, M G ^d   Palanza, P ^e   Serra, M ^d,f   Eva, C ^a,b,c  

^a Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi (NICO)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Neuroscience Institute of Turin   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 ,5 TH PROG; Anxiety; Conditional knockout mice; Group housing; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenocortical axis; Isolation; Mild social stress; Neuropeptide Y; Y1 receptor; Y5 receptor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDE Y1 RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y5 RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; STEROID; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR; NPY1R PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84940795643     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12232     Document Type: Article

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