Trace eyeblink conditioning is impaired in α7 but not in β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor knockout mice

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2010, Pages

  Brown, Kevin L ^a   Comalli, David M ^a   De Biasi, Mariella ^b   Woodruff Pak, Diana S ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Hippocampus; Knockout mice; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873133887     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00166     Document Type: Article

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