Npas4 deficiency increases vulnerability to juvenile stress in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 295, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-25

  Coutellier, Laurence ^a   Gilbert, Valerie ^a   Shepard, Ryan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chronic stress; Cognitive function; Neuroblast; Npas4

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NPAS4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NPAS4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHRONIC MILD STRESS; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; JUVENILE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84952875306     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.04.027     Document Type: Article

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