Adrenergic α(2C)-receptors modulate the acoustic startle reflex, prepulse inhibition, and aggression in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3035-3042

  Sallinen, Jukka ^a   Haapalinna, Antti ^b   Viitamaa, Timo ^b   Kobilka, Brian K ^c   Scheinin, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ORION CORPORATION   (Finland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Isolation induced aggression; Schizophrenia; Sensorimotor gating; Startle; Transgenic mice; (2C) adrenoceptor

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA(2C); ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMPHETAMINE; ATIPAMEZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MEDETOMIDINE; PHENCYCLIDINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHANNEL GATING; GENE TARGETING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STARTLE REFLEX; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; AGGRESSION; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHENCYCLIDINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032521675     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-08-03035.1998     Document Type: Article

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