Reduced sensitivity to both positive and negative reinforcement in mice over-expressing the 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3735-3745

  Line, Samantha J ^a   Barkus, Chris ^a   Rawlings, Nancy ^a   Jennings, Katie ^a   Mchugh, Stephen ^a   Sharp, Trevor ^b   Bannerman, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fear conditioning; Serotonin; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REFERENCE MEMORY; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SPATIAL MEMORY; T-MAZE TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; Y-MAZE TEST; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CBA MOUSE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GENETICS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84919486693     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12744     Document Type: Article

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