β2 subunit-containing nicotinic receptors mediate the enhancing effect of nicotine on trace cued fear conditioning in C57BL/6 mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-352

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

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha 7; Beta 2; Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; Knockout mice; Learning; Nicotine; Nicotinic receptors

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4BETA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; C57BL MOUSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NICOTINE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846555248     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0624-8     Document Type: Article

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