Probing the stress and depression circuits with a disease gene.
basic_science · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26371507.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.10829 and PMC identifier 4569890.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Selectively deleting a gene that has been linked to depression from specific neurons in mice sheds new light on a neural circuit that controls stress-induced depressive behaviors.
Medical subject headings
- Depression
- Prefrontal Cortex
- Pyramidal Cells