The dopamine D1 but not D3 receptor plays a fundamental role in spatial working memory and BDNF expression in prefrontal cortex of mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-41

  Xing, Bo ^a,b   Guo, Juan ^a   Meng, Xia ^b   Wei, Shu Guang ^b   Li, Sheng Bin ^b  

^a Xi'an Mental Health Center   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BDNF; Dopamine D1 receptors; Dopamine D3 receptor; Morris water maze; Spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOWN-REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3;

EID: 84864570237     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.06.035     Document Type: Article

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