Loss of rostral brainstem cholinergic activity results in decreased ultrasonic vocalization behavior and altered sensorimotor gating

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 256, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-55

  Machold, Robert P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; LDTg; PBG; PPI; PPTg; USV

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATERODORSAL TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARABIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY GATING; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTAROD TEST; STARTLE REFLEX; TIME; ULTRASOUND;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LEARNING; MALE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREPULSE INHIBITION; REFLEX, STARTLE; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SENSORY GATING; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84882962527     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.06.030     Document Type: Article

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