title: Quantitative trait loci associated with the behavioral response of B x D recombinant inbred mice to restraint stress: a preliminary communication.
abstract: Quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis was used to make provisional identification of loci containing genes influencing vulnerability to stress. The effect of restraint stress on open-field activity was measured in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J inbred strains of mice and in 22 B x D recombinant inbred strains of mice. QTL analyses were performed by correlating the behavioral delta scores for each group with the strain distribution pattern of 1300 markers for the B x D mice. A significant association was found between postrestraint rearings during min 5 through 8 in the open field and the Lamb2 marker on chromosome 1 (r = .718, p < .0001). Significant associations at the p < .0001 level were also found between baseline open-field rearings of control mice during min 0 through 5 and the Zp3, Ache, and Mr66-1 markers on chromosome 5, baseline open-field rearings of control mice during min 5 through 8 and the Pmv42 marker on chromosome 15, and open-field rearings of experimental mice during min 0 through 5 and the D11Ncvs61 marker on chromosome 11.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009043:Motor Activity; D010641:Phenotype; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000523:psychology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers