Habituation of reflexive and motivated behavior in mice with deficient BK channel function

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Typlt, Marei ^a   Mirkowski, Magdalena ^a   Azzopardi, Erin ^a   Ruth, Peter ^b   Pilz, Peter K D ^b   Schmid, Susanne ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BK channel; Habituation; Locomotion; Sensorimotor gating; Startle

Indexed keywords

LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 84888111910     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00079     Document Type: Article

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