Enhanced conditioned approach responses in transgenic mice with impaired glucocorticoid receptor function

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 151-163

  Steckler, Thomas ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditioned exploration; Dopamine; Food intake; Glucocorticoid receptor; Mouse; Reward; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FOOD INTAKE; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; REWARD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTIVATION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 0032971814     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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