Effect of ketamine on exploratory behaviour in BALB/C and C57BL/6 mice

AKILLIOĞLU K. , Melik E. B. , Melik E., Boga A.

PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR, vol.100, no.3, pp.513-517, 2012 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 100 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.pbb.2011.10.014
  • Title of Journal : PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR
  • Page Numbers: pp.513-517
  • Keywords: Balb/c, C57BL/6, Elevated plus maze, Exploratory locomotion ketamine, Open-field, ELEVATED PLUS-MAZE, NMDA RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS, OPEN-FIELD, PREFRONTAL CORTEX, LABORATORY MICE, MOUSE STRAINS, ANIMAL-MODELS, GENETIC-BASIS, ANXIETY, RATS

Abstract

In this study, we evaluated the effect of ketamine on exploratory locomotion behaviours in the Balb/c and C57BL/6 strains of mice, which differ in their locomotion behaviours.