Sensorimotor gating and spatial learning in α7-nicotinic receptor knockout mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 414-423

  Azzopardi, E ^a   Typlt, M ^a   Jenkins, B ^a   Schmid, S ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cognitive function; Habituation; Nicotine receptor; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia; Sensory filtering; Spatial learning; Startle

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARNES MAZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HABITUATION; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY GATING; SPATIAL LEARNING; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ALPHA7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; LOCOMOTION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REACTION;

MUS;

EID: 84878648585     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12038     Document Type: Article

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