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Influence of RGS2 on anxiety-related temperament, personality, and brain function.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Mar 2008
Smoller Jordan W, Paulus Martin P, Fagerness Jesen A, Purcell Shaun, Yamaki Lesley H, Hirshfeld-Becker Dina, Biederman Joseph, Rosenbaum Jerrold F, Gelernter Joel, Stein Murray B
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CONTEXT: Although anxiety disorders are heritable, their genetic and phenotypic complexity has made the identification of susceptibility genes difficult. Well-validated animal models and intermediate phenotypes provide crucial tools for genetic dissection of anxiety. The gene encoding regulator of G protein signaling 2 (Rgs2) is a quantitative trait gene that influences mouse anxiety behavior, making its human...
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