Brief Communicationα-Synuclein transgenic mice exhibit reduced anxiety-like behaviour
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank V.M. Lee and J. Q. Trojanowski for the transgenic mice and are grateful to T. Iwatsubo for the gift of antibody. These studies were supported by a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the Percy Baxter Charitable Trust.
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