Changes in motoric, exploratory and emotional behaviours and neuronal acetylcholine content and 5-HT turnover in histidine decarboxylase-KO mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1051-1058

  Dere, E ^a   De Souza Silva, M A ^a   Spieler, R E ^b   Lin, J S ^c   Ohtsu, H ^d   Haas, H L ^a   Huston, J P ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Arousal; Habituation; Histamine; Knockout

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; HISTAMINE; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; SEROTONIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITUATION; HISTAMINE METABOLISM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMOTIONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 4344713872     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03546.x     Document Type: Article

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