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Distinct behavioral phenotypes in male mice lacking the thyroid hormone receptor α1 or β isoforms.
Hormones and behavior - 1 May 2013
Vasudevan Nandini, Morgan Maria, Pfaff Donald, Ogawa Sonoko
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid hormones influence both neuronal development and anxiety via the thyroid hormone receptors (TRs). The TRs are encoded by two different genes, TRα and TRβ. The loss of TRα1 is implicated in increased anxiety in males, possibly via a hippocampal increase in GABAergic activity. We compared both social behaviors and two underlying and related non-social behaviors, state anxiety and responses to acoustic and...
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