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Mice with mutations in the HPA-system as models for symptoms of depression.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Jun 2006
Müller Marianne B, Holsboer Florian
Abstract excerpt
Genetically engineered mice hold promise to help us understand the effects of enhanced or reduced gene activity upon behavior and metabolism. Because many basic and clinical studies suggest that alterations of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical (HPA) system are involved in the development and course of depression, mouse mutants with genetic modifications of genes regulating the HPA system were generated....
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