α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: Role in early odor learning preference in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hellier, Jennifer L ^a,b   Arevalo, Nicole L ^a,b   Smith, Lynelle ^a,b   Xiong, Ka Na ^a,b   Restrepo, Diego ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; LIMONENE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TERPENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY ODOR LEARNING PREFERENCE; MOUSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LEARNING; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BENZALDEHYDES; CYCLOHEXENES; LEARNING; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SMELL; TERPENES;

EID: 84859723635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035251     Document Type: Article

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