Increased behavioral and neuronal responses to a hallucinogenic drug in PACAP heterozygous mutant mice.

Accumulating evidence from human genetic studies implicates the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) gene as a risk factor for psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia and stress-related diseases. Mice with homozygous disruption of the PACAP gene display profound behavior...

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Main Authors: Keisuke Hazama, Atsuko Hayata-Takano, Kazuki Uetsuki, Atsushi Kasai, Naoki Encho, Norihito Shintani, Kazuki Nagayasu, Ryota Hashimoto, Dora Reglodi, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa, Takanobu Nakazawa, Akemichi Baba, Hitoshi Hashimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3930680?pdf=render