Mice lacking the β4 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor show memory deficits, altered anxiety- and depression-like behavior, and diminished nicotine-induced analgesia

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1346-1355

  Semenova, Svetlana ^a   Contet, Candice ^a   Roberts, Amanda J ^b   Markou, Athina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE TARTRATE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AMNESIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEAT; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT GENE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMYGDALA; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NICOTINE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84868100907     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nts107     Document Type: Article

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