Learning deficit in BDNF mutant mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2581-2587

  Linnarsson, Sten ^a   Björklund, Anders ^b   Ernfors, Patrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Morris water maze; Neurotrophin; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031411458     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01687.x     Document Type: Article

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