Effects of ibotenate pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus lesions on exploratory behaviour in the open field

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 17-23

  Steiniger, Björn ^a,b   Kretschmer, Beate D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Dizocilpine; Dopamine; Glutamate; Locomotion; Mesopontine tegmentum; MK 801; Motivation; Motor activity

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; IBOTENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; TEGMENTUM;

AMPHETAMINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 16544393393     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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