Dopamine D4 receptor-knock-out mice exhibit reduced exploration of novel stimuli

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 9550-9556

  Dulawa, Stephanie C ^a   Grandy, David K ^c   Low, Malcolm J ^c   Paulus, Martin P ^b   Geyer, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Approach avoidance; D4 receptor; Exploration; Mice; Novelty; Open field

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD;

EID: 0033232518     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-21-09550.1999     Document Type: Article

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