Fmr1 knockout mice are impaired in a leverpress escape/avoidance task

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 467-471

  Brennan, F X ^a,b   Albeck, D S ^c   Paylor, R ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive conditioning; Escape avoidance; Fragile X syndrome

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FMR1 GENE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746864085     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2005.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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