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Lack of functional estrogen receptor beta influences anxiety behavior and serotonin content in female mice.
Physiology & behavior - 31 Jan 2005
Imwalle D Bradley, Gustafsson Jan-Ake, Rissman Emilie F
Abstract excerpt
Estrogen has been linked to the modulation of anxiety in females. Here we report results of anxiety tests conducted in female estrogen receptor beta (ERbeta) knockout (ERbetaKO) and wild-type (WT) mice. Ovariectomized (OVX) mice treated with chronic estradiol (E2) replacement did not behave differently on the elevated plus-maze when compared with OVX mice that did not experience hormone replacement. However, a...
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