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Activity‐regulated cytoskeleton‐associated protein (Arc/Arg3.1) regulates anxiety‐ and novelty‐related behaviors
14 Feb 2019
Abstract excerpt
The activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc, also known as Arg3.1) regulates glutamatergic synapse plasticity and has been linked to neuropsychiatric illness; however, its role in behaviors associated with mood and anxiety disorders remains unclear. We find that stress upregulates Arc expression in the adult mouse nucleus accumbens (NAc)-a brain region implicated in mood and anxiety behaviors....
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