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Hereditary catalepsy in mice is associated with the brain dysmorphology and altered stress response.
Behavioural brain research - 15 Apr 2013
Tikhonova Maria A, Kulikov Alexander V, Bazovkina Daria V, Kulikova Elizabeth A, Tsybko Anton S, Bazhenova Ekaterina Yu, Naumenko Vladimir S, Akulov Andrey E, Moshkin Mikhail P, Popova Nina K
Abstract excerpt
Catalepsy is a passive defensive strategy in response to threatening stimuli. In exaggerated forms it is associated with brain dysfunctions. The study was aimed to examine (1) possible association of the hereditary catalepsy with neuroanatomical characteristics and (2) sensitivity of the catalepsy expression, HPA and brain serotonin (5-HT) systems to restraint stress (for one hour) in mice of catalepsy-prone...
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