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Anxiety-like behavior and locomotion in CCK1 knockout rats as a function of strain, sex and early maternal environment.
Behavioural brain research - 25 Aug 2010
Schroeder Mariana, Weller Aron
Abstract excerpt
CCK is a peptide broadly distributed in the brain that is involved in the regulation of emotional behaviors through its binding to CCK(1) and CCK(2) receptors. Research has shown altered emotional and activity phenotypes in (male) Otsuka Long Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats that lack CCK(1) receptors. In the present study, we examined anxiety-like behaviors, locomotion and corticosterone levels in OLETF and...
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