The strain-specific involvement of nucleus accumbens in latent inhibition might depend on differences in processing configural- and cue-based information between C57BL/6 and DBA mice

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-39

  Restivo, Leonardo ^a   Passino, Enrica ^a   Middei, Silvia ^a   Ammassari Teule, Martine ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inbred mice; Latent inhibition; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INBRED STRAIN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT INHIBITION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0036146914     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(01)00634-7     Document Type: Article

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