Sex-dependent behavioral effects of Mthfr deficiency and neonatal GABA potentiation in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 505-513

  Levav Rabkin, Tamar ^a   Blumkin, Elinor ^a   Galron, Dalia ^a   Golan, Hava M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exploration; Mthfr deficiency; Open field; Recognition memory; Reflex development; Sex dependent behavior

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GABA AGENTS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MICE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFLEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 78149498422     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.08.031     Document Type: Article

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