Neonatal serotonin depletion alters behavioral responses to spatial change and novelty

Brain Research

Volumn 1139, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 163-177

  Hohmann, Christine F ^a   Walker, Ellen M ^a   Boylan, Carolyn B ^b,c   Blue, Mary E ^b,c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavior; Cerebral cortex; Mouse; Ontogenesis; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; NEUROTOXIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; DENERVATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEROTONIN; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

MUS;

EID: 33847296112     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.12.095     Document Type: Article

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