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Behavioral phenotyping of mixed background (129S5:B6) relaxin-3 knockout mice.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Apr 2009
Smith Craig M, Lawrence Andrew J, Sutton Steve W, Gundlach Andrew L
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Experimental studies in rats have revealed that the neuropeptide relaxin-3 modulates feeding and metabolism, stress responses, arousal, and exploratory behavior. In the present study, two cohorts of mixed background (129S5:B6) relaxin-3 knockout (KO) and wild-type littermate mice were subjected to a series of behavioral tests. Relaxin-3 KO mice appeared healthy and displayed no genotype differences in body...
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