Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1119-1132 , September 2010

Abnormal response to stress and impaired NPS-induced hyperlocomotion, anxiolytic effect and corticosterone increase in mice lacking NPSR1

  • Hongyan Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
    • Graduate Program of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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  • Melissa K. Mingler

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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  • Melissa L. McBride

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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  • Andrew J. Murphy

      Affiliations

    • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA
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  • David M. Valenzuela

      Affiliations

    • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA
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  • George D. Yancopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA
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  • Michael T. Williams

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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  • Charles V. Vorhees

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 513 636 8622; fax: +1 513 636 3912.
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  • Marc E. Rothenberg

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 513 636 7210; fax: +1 513 636 3310.

Received 23 July 2009 ,Revised 15 January 2010 ,Accepted 19 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.01.012

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1119-1132 , September 2010