Disruption of the dopamine β-hydroxylase gene in mice suggests roles for norepinephrine in motor function, learning, and memory

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 579-589

  Thomas, Steven A ^b   Palmiter, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE MUTATION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ESCAPE REACTION; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030903647     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.3.579     Document Type: Article

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