Differential involvement of the Mu and Kappa opioid receptors in spatial learning

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 80-92

  Jamott, L ^a,b,e   Matthes, H W D ^d   Simonin, F ^c   Kieffer, B L ^c   Roder, J C ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e Luminy Enterprise   (France)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Long term synaptic potentiation; LTP; Opioid receptors

Indexed keywords

KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037836967     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-183X.2003.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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