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SUBMITTER: Beaulieu JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2234138 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beaulieu Jean-Martin JM Zhang Xiaodong X Rodriguiz Ramona M RM Sotnikova Tatyana D TD Cools Michael J MJ Wetsel William C WC Gainetdinov Raul R RR Caron Marc G MG
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080122 4
Dysregulation of brain serotonin (5-HT) neurotransmission is thought to underlie mental conditions as diverse as depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, autism, and schizophrenia. Despite treatment of these conditions with serotonergic drugs, the molecular mechanisms by which 5-HT is involved in the regulation of aberrant emotional behaviors are poorly understood. Here, we generated knockin mice expressing a mutant form of the brain 5-HT synthesis enzyme, tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (Tph2) ...[more]