Genetic variation in the morphology of the septo-hippocampal cholinergic and GABAergic systems in mice: II. Morpho-behavioral correlations

Hippocampus

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 535-545

  Schwegler, Herbert ^a   Boldyreva, Maria ^a   Linke, Rüdiger ^a   Wu, J ^b   Zilles, Karl ^b   Crusio, Wim E ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; Immunocytochemistry; Inbred mouse strains; Quantitative receptor autoradiography; Radial maze; Septo hippocampal projection; Tracing; Water maze

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DENTATE GYRUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; OXOTREMORINE; PARVALBUMINS; PIRENZEPINE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M1; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029804395     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1996)6:5<535::AID-HIPO6>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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