Spatial and nonspatial learning in mice: Effects of S100β overexpression and age

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-154

  Gerlai, Robert ^a,b   Roder, John ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030237082     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.0055     Document Type: Article

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