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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2019 Apr 22;207:7–14. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.04.018

Table 1.

Gene selection for the hippocampus and amygdala.

Brain Region Gene Name Abbreviation
Both Housekeeping gene: Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase Gapdh
Hippocampus Estrogen receptor 2 Esr2
Glucocorticoid receptor Nr3c1
DNA methyltransferase 3a Dnmt3a
Amygdala Estrogen receptor 1 Esr1
Estrogen receptor 2 Esr2
Androgen receptor Ar
Corticotrophin releasing hormone receptor 1 Crhr1
Corticotrophin releasing hormone receptor 2 Crhr2
Glucocorticoid receptor Nr3c1
Mineralocorticoid receptor Nr3c2
Melanocortin receptor 4 Mc4r
Dopamine receptor D1 Drd1
Dopamine receptor D2 Drd2
DNA methyltransferase 1 Dnmt1
DNA methyltransferase 3a Dnmt3a
DNA methyltransferase 3b Dnmt3b
DNA methyltransferase 3l Dnmt3l
Methyl-CpG binding protein 2 Mecp2