March 28, 2018
Dr. Richard M. van Rijn (PIIN), Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology recently published their latest study “Behavioral Characterization of β-Arrestin 1 Knockout Mice in Anxiety-Like and Alcohol Behaviors” in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. In this study Dr. Van Rijn laboratory characterized a genetic knockout mice strain lacking the beta-arrestin1 gene in behavioral models associated with anxiety and reward, finding that female knockout mice have a tendency to drink higher amounts of alcohol, suggestive of a protective role for this protein in alcohol use.
