Increased flexibility and selectivity in spatial learning of transgenic mice ectopically expressing the neural cell adhesion molecule L1 in astrocytes

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 708-717

  Wolfer, David P ^a   Mohajeri, Hasan M ^b   Lipp, Hans Peter ^a   Schachner, Melitta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glial cells; Memory; Spatial learning; Swimming navigation

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SWIMMING; TRAINING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0031865783     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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