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Increased fear- and stress-related anxiety-like behavior in mice lacking tuberoinfundibular peptide of 39 residues.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Nov 2008
Fegley D B, Holmes A, Riordan T, Faber C A, Weiss J R, Ma S, Batkai S, Pacher P, Dobolyi A, Murphy A, Sleeman M W, Usdin T B
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Tuberoinfundibular peptide of 39 residues (TIP39) is synthesized by two groups of neurons, one in the subparafascicular area at the caudal end of the thalamus and the other in the medial paralemniscal nucleus within the lateral brainstem. The subparafascicular TIP39 neurons project to a number of brain regions involved in emotional responses, and these regions contain a matching distribution of a receptor for...
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