Learning and memory in the autoimmune BXSB mouse: Effects of neocortical ectopias and environmental enrichment

Brain Research

Volumn 726, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 11-22

  Boehm, Gary W ^a   Sherman, Gordon F ^b   Hoplight II, Blair J ^a   Hyde, Lynn A ^a   Waters, Nicholas S ^a,c   Bradway, Dawn M ^a   Galaburda, Albert M ^b   Denenberg, Victor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cortex; Cortical development; Dyslexia; Ectopia; Enriched environment; Hebb Williams maze; Lashley maze; Morris maze; Neuronal migration; Reference memory; Spatial learning; Test experience

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; ECTOPIC TISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030575278     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00299-5     Document Type: Article

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