Differential roles of cerebellar cortex and deep cerebellar nuclei in learning and retention of a spatial task: Studies in intact and cerebellectomized Lurcher mutant mice

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-308

  Hilber, P ^a   Jouen, F ^a   Delhaye Bouchaud, N ^b   Mariani, J ^b   Caston, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Lurcher; Memory; Mutant mice; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLECTOMY; CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFERIOR OLIVE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; FEMALE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; ORIENTATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031666214     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021675514883     Document Type: Article

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