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Lack of adrenomedullin in the mouse brain results in behavioral changes, anxiety, and lower survival under stress conditions.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Aug 2008
Fernández Ana P, Serrano Julia, Tessarollo Lino, Cuttitta Frank, Martínez Alfredo
Abstract excerpt
The adrenomedullin (AM) gene, adm, is widely expressed in the central nervous system (CNS) and several functions have been suggested for brain AM. Until now, a formal confirmation of these actions using genetic models has been elusive since the systemic adm knockout results in embryo lethality. We have built a conditional knockout mouse model using the Cre/loxP approach. When crossed with transgenic mice...
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