Role of the nNOS gene in ethanol-induced conditioned place preference in mice

Alcohol

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 285-291

  Itzhak, Yossef ^a   Roger Sánchez, Concepción ^b   Anderson, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

conditioned place aversion (CPA); conditioned place preference (CPP); ethanol; LiCl; neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS); nNOS knockout mice

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I;

MUS;

EID: 67649111142     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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