Evidence for a supportive role of classical transient receptor potential 6 (TRPC6) in the exploration behavior of mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-250

  Beis, Daniel ^a,c   Schwarting, Rainer K W ^a   Dietrich, Alexander ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated star maze; Exploration; Marble burying test; Open field; TRPC6 deficient mouse model

Indexed keywords

TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 1; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 3; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 4; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 6; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 7;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRPC CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 78649628871     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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