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Behavioural profile of a new mouse model for NPY deficiency
1 Jul 2008
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The abundantly expressed neuropeptide Y (NPY) plays an important role in anxiety and stress reactivity, as exogenous NPY administration reduces anxiety-like behaviour in rodents. However, unlike the potent effects of NPY seen in pharmacological studies, two independent examinations of a genetic mouse model for NPY deficiency have shown only subtle, inconsistent and task-dependent anxiety-related phenotypes for...
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