Neural cell adhesion molecule-null mice are not deficient in prepulse inhibition of the startle response

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1009-1012

  Plappert, Claudia F ^a   Schachner, Melitta ^b   Pilz, Peter K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Gene ablation; Mouse; Neural cell adhesion molecule; Prepulse facilitation; Prepulse inhibition

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS;

EID: 21344466056     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200506210-00025     Document Type: Article

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