Impact of varying social experiences during life history on behaviour, gene expression, and vasopressin receptor gene methylation in mice

Abstract Both negative and positive social experiences during sensitive life phases profoundly shape brain and behaviour. Current research is therefore increasingly focusing on mechanisms mediating the interaction between varying life experiences and the epigenome. Here, male mice grew up under eith...

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Main Authors: Carina Bodden, Daniel van den Hove, Klaus-Peter Lesch, Norbert Sachser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09292-0