Modeling socially anhedonic syndromes: Genetic and pharmacological manipulation of opioid neurotransmission in mice

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cinque, C ^a,b   Pondiki, S ^a,b   Oddi, D ^a,b   Di Certo, M G ^a,b   Marinelli, S ^a,b   Troisi, A ^c   Moles, A ^a,b,d   D'Amato, F R ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d Genomnia   (Italy)

Author keywords

affiliation; animal model; attachment behavior; m KO mice; naltrexone; ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; OPIATE;

ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; INFANCY; JUVENILE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPIOID NEUROTRANSMISSION; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; PLACE PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECEPTOR GENE; REWARD; SOCIAL ANHEDONIA; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOPATHY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANHEDONIA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NALTREXONE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84866133819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2012.83     Document Type: Article

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