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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Qiang Wei
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-30187 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Biological psychiatry 20110827 3
<h4>Background</h4>Genetic factors and early-life adversity are critical in the etiology of mood disorders and substance abuse. Because of their role in the transduction of stress responses, glucocorticoid hormones and their receptors could serve as both genetic factors and mediators of environmental influences. We have shown that constitutive overexpression of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) in forebrain results in increased emotional reactivity and lability in mice. Here, we asked whether the ...[more]