The role of 5-HT2C receptors in touchscreen visual reversal learning in the rat: A cross-site study

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 232, Issue 21-22, 2015, Pages 4017-4031

  Alsio J ^a,b,c   Nilsson, S R O ^a,b   Gastambide, F ^d   Wang, R A H ^a,b   Dam, S A ^a,b   Mar, A C ^a,b   Tricklebank, M ^d   Robbins, T W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT2C receptor; Orbitofrontal cortex; Rat; Reversal learning; SB 242084

Indexed keywords

6 CHLORO 5 METHYL 1 [[2 [(2 METHYL 3 PYRIDYL)OXY] 5 PYRIDYL]CARBAMOYL]INDOLINE; BACLOFEN; MUSCIMOL; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; 6-CHLORO-5-METHYL-1-((2-(2-METHYLPYRID-3-YLOXY)PYRID-5-YL)CARBAMOYL)INDOLINE; AMINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

AMINOPYRIDINES; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BACLOFEN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; INDOLES; MALE; MUSCIMOL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; REVERSAL LEARNING; SEROTONIN 5-HT2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 84956676626     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-3963-5     Document Type: Article

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