The effects of DHBE and MLA on nicotine-induced enhancement of contextual fear conditioning in C57BL/6 mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 184, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 345-352

  Davis, Jennifer A ^a   Gould, Thomas J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dihydro beta erythroidine; Hippocampus; Learning; Methyllycaconitine; Mice; Nicotinic receptors

Indexed keywords

DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ACONITINE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DIHYDRO-BETA-ERYTHROIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; MICE; NICOTINE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 32844474866     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0047-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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