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Increased anxiety in offspring reared by circadian Clock mutant mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Koizumi Hiroko, Kurabayashi Nobuhiro, Watanabe Yuto, Sanada Kamon
Abstract excerpt
The maternal care that offspring receive from their mothers early in life influences the offspring's development of emotional behavior in adulthood. Here we found that offspring reared by circadian clock-impaired mice show elevated anxiety-related behavior. Clock mutant mice harboring a mutation in Clock, a key component of the molecular circadian clock, display altered daily patterns of nursing behavior that is...
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