NR2C by NR2B subunit exchange in juvenile mice affects emotionality and 5-HT in the frontal cortex

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 465-472

  De Souza Silva, M A ^a   Marchetti, L ^b   Eisel, U L M ^c   Huston, J P ^a   Dere, E ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Elevated plus maze; Gene substitution graded anxiety test; NR2B; NR2C; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2C; PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2C GENE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DOPAMINE; EMOTIONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL LOBE; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEROTONIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34347379510     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2006.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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