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BDNF-restricted knockout mice as an animal model for aggression.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Apr 2011
Ito W, Chehab M, Thakur S, Li J, Morozov A
Abstract excerpt
Mice with global deletion of one brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) allele or with forebrain-restricted deletion of both alleles show elevated aggression, but this phenotype is accompanied by other behavioral changes, including increases in anxiety and deficits in cognition. Here we performed behavioral characterization of conditional BDNF knockout mice generated using a Cre recombinase driver line,...
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