Contributions of β2 subunit-containing nAChRs to chronic nicotine-induced alterations in cognitive flexibility in mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 232, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1207-1217

  Cole, Robert D ^a   Poole, Rachel L ^a   Guzman, Dawn M ^a   Gould, Thomas J ^a   Parikh, Vinay ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cognitive flexibility; Mice; nAChRs; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

COTININE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA2 NACHR GENE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TOBACCO USE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; COGNITION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NICOTINE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REVERSAL LEARNING;

EID: 84925483771     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3754-4     Document Type: Article

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