Role of CaV2.1-mediated NMDA receptor signaling in the nucleus accumbens in spatial short-term memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 353-356

  Takahashi, Eiki ^a   Niimi, Kimie ^a   Itakura, Chitoshi ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CaV2.1; N methyl d aspartate receptor; Nucleus accumbens; Rolling Nagoya mouse strain; Sub threshold dose; Y maze test

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL 2.1 ALPHA1; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETIRACETAM; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; PIRACETAM; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL (P Q TYPE); VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL (P-Q TYPE);

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PIRACETAM; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79151474300     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.12.019     Document Type: Article

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