Enhanced Learning and Memory and Altered GABAergic Synaptic Transmission in Mice Lacking the α5 Subunit of the GABA<sub>A</sub>Receptor

Neil Collinson, Frederick M. Kuenzi, Wolfgang Jarolimek, Karen A. Maubach, Rosa Cothliff et al.

Journal of Neuroscience • 2002

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Objective: Assessment of anxiety-like behavior in mice using an elevated plus maze task

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Mice were placed in the elevated plus maze to assess anxiety-like behavior. The maze contains open and closed arms at an elevated height.

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Note: Performance in anxiety tasks was measured and compared between α5−/− mice and wild-type controls

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“the performance in non-hippocampal-dependent learning and in anxiety tasks were unaltered in comparison with wild-type controls”