Analysis of kalirin-7 knockout mice reveals different effects in female mice

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1241-1249

  Mazzone, Christopher M ^a   Larese, Taylor P ^a   Kiraly, Drew D ^a   Eipper, Betty A ^a   Mains, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ESTRADIOL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; KALIRIN 7; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEAR; FEMALE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVARIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 84869782309     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.112.080838     Document Type: Article

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