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Increased risk-taking behavior in dopamine transporter knockdown mice: further support for a mouse model of mania.
Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jul 2011
Young Jared W, van Enkhuizen Jordy, Winstanley Catharine A, Geyer Mark A
Abstract excerpt
Reduced functioning of the dopamine transporter (DAT) has been linked to bipolar disorder (BD). Mice with reduced DAT functioning (knockdown, KD) exhibit a behavioral profile in the mouse Behavioral Pattern Monitor (BPM) consistent with patients with BD mania in the human BPM. Patients with BD also exhibit increased risk taking, which can be quantified using the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). We hypothesized that DAT...
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