5-HT1B receptor knock-out mice exhibit increased exploratory activity and enhanced spatial memory performance in the Morris water maze

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 6157-6168

  Malleret, Gaël ^a   Hen, René ^b   Guillou, Jean Louis ^a   Segu, Louis ^a   Buhot, Marie Christine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Knock out mice; Learning and memory; Morris water maze; Receptor autoradiography; Serotonin 1B receptors (5 HTIB)

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033565617     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-14-06157.1999     Document Type: Article

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