α7 nicotinic receptor subunits are not necessary for hippocampal- dependent learning or sensorimotor gating: A behavioral characterization of Acra7-deficient mice

Learning and Memory

Volumn 5, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 302-316

  Paylor, Richard ^a,b   Nguyen, Michelle ^a   Crawley, Jacqueline N ^a   Patrick, James ^b   Beaudet, Arthur ^b,c   Orr Urtreger, Avi ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONDITIONING; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DARKNESS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE MUTANT; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DARKNESS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOTE; LEARNING; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; STARTLE REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032216670     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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