Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) improves spatial learning in aged Fischer 344 rats

Psychobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-401

  Pelleymounter, Mary Ann ^a,b   Cullen, Mary Jane ^a   Baker, Mary Beth ^a   Healy, Denis ^a  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

^b NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0032728461     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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