Exaggerated emotional behavior in mice heterozygous null for the sodium channel Scn8a (Nav1.6)

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 629-638

  McKinney, B C ^a   Chow, C Y ^b   Meisler, M H ^a,b   Murphy, G G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Conditioned fear; Depression; Emotionality; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SCN8A; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

MUS;

EID: 47749096170     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2008.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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