VAChT knock-down mice show normal prepulse inhibition but disrupted long-term habituation

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 457-464

  Schmid, S ^a   Azzopardi, E ^a   De Jaeger, X ^b,c   Prado, M A M ^a,b   Prado, V F ^a,b  

^a Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology ^*  (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UFMG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cholinergic transmission; Cognitive function; Habituation; Mice; Sensory filtering; Startle; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

GALANTAMINE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; INJECTION; LONG TERM HABITUATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; SHORT TERM HABITUATION; STARTLE REFLEX; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

MUS;

EID: 79958020870     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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