Rats with low exploratory activity in the elevated plus-maze have the increased expression of limbic system-associated membrane protein gene in the periaqueductal grey

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 352, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-182

  Nelovkov, Aleksei ^a   Philips, Mari Anne ^a   Kõks, Sulev ^a   Vasar, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; cDNA representational difference analysis; Elevated plus maze; Exploratory behaviour; Limbic system associated membrane protein (LSAMP); Periaqueductal grey (PAG)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 1642300470     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.08.061     Document Type: Article

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