Central relaxin-3 receptor (RXFP3) activation reduces elevated, but not basal, anxiety-like behaviour in C57BL/6J mice

Cary Zhang; Berenice E Chua; Annie Yang; Faze Shabanpoor; Mohammad Akhter Hossain; John D Wade; K Johan Rosengren; Craig M Smith; Andrew L Gundlach

Journal article

Central relaxin-3 receptor (RXFP3) activation reduces elevated, but not basal, anxiety-like behaviour in C57BL/6J mice

Cary Zhang, Berenice E Chua, Annie Yang, Faze Shabanpoor, Mohammad Akhter Hossain, John D Wade, K Johan Rosengren, Craig M Smith, Andrew L Gundlach

Behavioural Brain Research | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.06.010

University of Melbourne Researchers

Fazel Shabanpoor Author Chemistry

Andrew Gundlach Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

Akhter Hossain Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

John Wade Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia

Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia project grants 1024885 (A.L.G.) and 1066939 (K.J.R., A.L.G.), grants from the Pratt and Besen Family Foundations (A.L.G.), a Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (USA) NARSAD Independent Investigator Award (A.L.G.), and the Victorian Government Operational Infrastructure Support Programme. C.Z is the recipient of a Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship. We wish to thank Brett Purcell and Travis Featherby (The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health) for assistance with behavioural equipment and analysis, and Dr Matthew Hale (La Trobe University) for comments on a draft version of the manuscript.