The role of the read through variant of acetylcholinesterase in anxiogenic effects of predator stress in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 180-190

  Adamec, Robert ^a   Head, David ^a   Soreq, Hermona ^b   Blundell, Jacqueline ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Anxiety; Cat exposure; Elevated plus maze; Hole board; Lasting effects; Light dark box; Mice; Predator stress; PTSD; Startle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; CATS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 40849140689     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.12.023     Document Type: Article

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