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Mouse anxiety: the power of knockout.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Jan 2001
Lesch K P
Abstract excerpt
The role of the neurokinine 1 receptors (NK1R) and its endogenous ligand, the neuropeptide substance P (SP) in the pathophysiology and treatment response of anxiety and depression has been controversial. In a new study, however, mice with a targeted inactivation of the NK1R show a phenotype that is associated with anxiety-related behaviors and stress responses. Since this behavioral phenotype was associated with...
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