Genetic dissection of medial habenula-interpeduncular nucleus pathway function in mice

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEB, 2013, Pages

  Kobayashi, Yuki ^a   Sano, Yoshitake ^a   Vannoni, Elisabetta ^b   Goto, Hiromichi ^a   Ikeda, Toshio ^a   Suzuki, Hitomi ^a   Oba, Atsuko ^a   Kawasaki, Hiroaki ^a,c   Kanba, Shigenobu ^c   Lipp, Hans Peter ^b   Murphy, Niall P ^d   Wolfer, David P ^b   Itohara, Shigeyoshi ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

5CSRTT; ADHD; Colinergic circuit; Compulsive Behavior; Decision Making; Diphthelia toxin; Genetic cell abration; Impulsive Behavior; Impulsivity and self control; Interpeduncular nucleus; Maladaptation; Medial habenula (MHb); Mental disorders comorbid with impulsivity and compulsivity; Mouse models; Schizhophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HABENULA; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; LEARNING; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL TASK; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY GATING; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 84874159122     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00017     Document Type: Article

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