The role of the alpha 2A-adrenoceptor in mouse stress-coping behaviour

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 490-502

  Laarakker, Marijke C ^a,b   Raai, Jeroen R van ^a,b   van Lith, Hein A ^a,b   Ohl, Frauke ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha 2A adrenoceptor; Arousal; Atipamezole; Consomic strain; Dexmedetomidine; Forced swim test; Modified hole board; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DEXMEDETOMIDINE;

A J MOUSE; ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CHROMOSOME 19; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 77950691186     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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