Source Paper
α7 Nicotinic Receptor Subunits Are Not Necessary for Hippocampal-Dependent Learning or Sensorimotor Gating: A Behavioral Characterization of <i>Acra7</i>-Deficient Mice
Richard Paylor, Michelle Nguyen, Jacqueline N. Crawley, James Patrick, Arthur Beaudet et al.
Learning & Memory • 1998
Pavlovian Conditioned Fear Test
Objective: Assessment of contextual and auditory-cue conditioned fear responses in mice to examine the role of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in learning and memory
This is a Pavlovian Conditioned Fear Test protocol using mouse as the model organism. The procedure involves 1 procedural steps, 1 equipment items. Extracted from a 1998 paper published in Learning & Memory.
Model and subjects
mouse • Acra7 homozygous mutant mice and wild-type littermates • unknown • Not specified • Not specified
Study window
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Core workflow
Pavlovian Conditioned Fear Test
Primary readouts
- Contextual conditioned fear response
- Auditory-cue conditioned fear response
Key equipment and reagents
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Pavlovian Conditioned Fear Test
Mice were tested in a Pavlovian conditioned fear test to assess contextual and auditory-cue conditioned fear responses
Note: This test was used to examine the role of α7 nAChRs in learning and memory
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“Acra7 homozygous mutant mice and their wild-type littermates were tested in a Pavlovian conditioned fear test, for spatial learning in the Morris water task, and in the prepulse inhibition paradigm”