Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) knockout mice exhibit enhanced acquisition of an aversive, but not of an appetitive, Barnes maze task

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 597-601

  Wise, Laura E ^a   Harloe, John P ^a   Lichtman, Aron H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnes maze; Cannabinoid CB1 receptor; Endogenous cannabinoid; Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH); Learning and memory; N arachidonoyl ethanolamine (anandamide); Rimonabant (SR141716)

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; FATTY ACID AMIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PYRAZOLES; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1;

EID: 69949107469     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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