Deficits in acquisition and extinction of conditioned responses in mGluR7 knockout mice

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-111

  Goddyn, Hannelore ^a   Callaerts Vegh, Zsuzsanna ^a   Stroobants, Stijn ^a   Dirikx, Trinette ^a   Vansteenwegen, Debora ^a   Hermans, Dirk ^a   Putten, Herman van der ^b   D'Hooge, Rudi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extinction; Learning and memory; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; mGluR7

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 7; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 7;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONDITIONED EMOTIONAL RESPONSE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEAR; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REINFORCEMENT; WILD TYPE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ODORS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE;

EID: 44649150283     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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