Behavioral alterations and changes in Ca/calmodulin kinase II levels in the striatum of connexin36 deficient mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 293-300

  Zlomuzica, A ^a,b   Viggiano, D ^c,d   Degen, J ^e   Binder, S ^a   Ruocco, L A ^c   Sadile, A G ^c   Willecke, K ^e   Huston, J P ^a   Dere, E ^a,f  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cx45; Hippocampus; Locomotion; Memory; Synchronized network oscillations

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CONNEXIN 36;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COMMUNICATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; INFERIOR OLIVE; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CONNEXINS; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 80054844695     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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