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Behavioural phenotyping of knockout mice for the sigma-1 (σ₁) chaperone protein revealed gender-related anxiety, depressive-like and memory alterations.
Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jul 2011
Chevallier Nathalie, Keller Emeline, Maurice Tangui
Abstract excerpt
The sigma-1 (σ₁) protein regulates calcium homeostasis and acts as an endoplasmic reticulum chaperone. It can be activated by ligands which impact memory, depression, anxiety or addiction processes. We here characterized the behavioural phenotype of knockout (KO) mice for the σ₁ protein. Two-month old male σ₁⁻/⁻ mice showed signs of anxiety in the open-field, passive avoidance or elevated plus-maze test, but...
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