Retraction notice to
“Blockade of Protein Phosphatase 2B Activity in the Amygdala Increases Anxiety- and Depression-Like Behaviors in Mice,” by Amine Bahi, Yann S. Mineur, and Marina R. Picciotto, which appeared in Biological Psychiatry (2009;66:1139–1146). Current author affiliations are Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University (AB), and Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine (YSM, MRP).
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).
This article has been retracted at the request of Yale University and the second and third authors, in consultation with Biological Psychiatry Deputy Editor Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD.
Reason
The first author informed his co-authors and stated in the article that three short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) (158–182 bp, 466–490 bp, 1452–1476 bp) had been designed to target the messenger RNA encoding CnA (NM_008915) and had been used in the experiments that formed the basis of the article. The first author has since acknowledged that he used shRNAs directed against rat calcineurin, not mouse calcineurin, in the experiments. Neither the second nor third author participated in or had knowledge of the first author’s actions.
The second and third authors have re-conducted all experiments reported in the original paper in order to collect new data and republish the findings. The new and re-reviewed version of this article appears in this issue of Biological Psychiatry (75:991–998; doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.03.009).