Trisomy of the G protein-coupled K + channel gene, Kcnj6, affects reward mechanisms, cognitive functions, and synaptic plasticity in mice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2642-2647

  Cooper, Ayelet ^a   Grigoryan, Gayane ^a   Guy David, Liora ^a   Tsoory, Michael M ^a   Chen, Alon ^a   Reuveny, Eitan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electrophysiological recordings; Fear conditioning; Neuronal culture; Open field; Sucrose preference

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; GIRK 1 PROTEIN; GIRK 2 PROTEIN; GIRK 3 PROTEIN; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FLUID INTAKE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; KCNJ6 GENE; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECALL; REWARD; SUGAR INTAKE; TRIPLOIDY; TRISOMY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; G PROTEIN-COUPLED INWARDLY-RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REWARD; TRISOMY;

MUS;

EID: 84857136099     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1109099109     Document Type: Article

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