The neuropeptide Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) plays an important role in the physiological stress-response, acting as a hormone as well as a neuromodulator. Clinical studies and animal experiments suggest an involvement of a dysregulated CRH-system in the development and manifestation of psychiatric diseases like anxiety disorders or affective diseases. In order to elucidate the specific effects of CRH on emotional behaviour in an animal model, two transgenic mouse lines were generated, that overexpress CRH either in GABA-ergic interneurons or in CRH-specific neurons in a brain-restricted manner.
Finally, the effects of CRH-overexpression on behaviour and physiology, neurobiology and behaviour of the transgenic animals as well as potential underlying mechanisms were investigated.
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The neuropeptide Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) plays an important role in the physiological stress-response, acting as a hormone as well as a neuromodulator. Clinical studies and animal experiments suggest an involvement of a dysregulated CRH-system in the development and manifestation of psychiatric diseases like anxiety disorders or affective diseases. In order to elucidate the specific effects of CRH on emotional behaviour in an animal model, two transgenic mouse lines were generated,...
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