Establishing a learned-helplessness effect paradigm in C57BL/6 mice: Behavioural evidence for emotional, motivational and cognitive effects of aversive uncontrollability per se

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 358-372

  Pryce, Christopher R ^a   Azzinnari, Damiano ^a   Sigrist, Hannes ^a   Gschwind, Tilo ^a   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^b   Seifritz, Erich ^a  

^a Psychiatric University   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HTT; C57BL 6 mice; CS US conditioning; Electro shock US; Learned aversive uncontrollability; Two way escape

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AVERSION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EMOTIONALITY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; GENE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOT PLATE TEST; KNOCKOUT GENE; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; LEARNING CURVE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; EMOTIONS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTIVATION; PAIN PERCEPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 80054123840     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.08.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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