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Effect of chronic unpredictable stress on mice with developmental under-expression of the Ahi1 gene: behavioral manifestations and neurobiological correlates.
Translational psychiatry - 2 Jul 2018
Wolf Gilly, Lifschytz Tzuri, Ben-Ari Hagar, Tatarskyy Pavel, Merzel Tirzah Kreisel, Lotan Amit, Lerer Bernard
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The Abelson helper integration site 1 (Ahi1) gene plays a pivotal role in brain development and is associated with genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia, and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Translational research in genetically modified mice may reveal the neurobiological mechanisms of such associations. Previous studies of mice heterozygous for Ahi1 knockout (Ahi1+/-) revealed an attenuated anxiety response...
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