Spatial learning and memory in calpastatin-deficient rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 230-235

  Tóth, Elisabetta ^b   De Bruin, Jan P C ^a,c   Heinsbroek, Rob P W ^a   Joosten, Ruud N J M A ^a  

^a Amsterdam University Medical Center   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030238146     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1996.0063     Document Type: Article

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