Distinct neurobehavioural effects of cannabidiol in transmembrane domain neuregulin 1 mutant mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Long, Leonora E ^a,b,c   Chesworth, Rose ^a,b   Huang, Xu Feng ^a,d   Wong, Alexander ^e   Spiro, Adena ^e   McGregor, Iain S ^f   Arnold, Jonathon C ^a,e,f   Karl, Tim ^a,b,c  

^a SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e University of Sydney   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CANNABIDIOL; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL MEMBRANE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GENOTYPE; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SENSORY GATING; TIME;

CANNABIS; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CANNABIDIOL; CELL MEMBRANE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; NEUREGULIN-1; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; SENSORY GATING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859258164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034129     Document Type: Article

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