Behavioral changes in transgenic mice expressing both amyloid precursor protein and presenilin-1 mutations: Lack of association with amyloid deposits

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-185

  Holcomb, Leigh A ^a   Gordon, Marcia N ^a   Jantzen, Paul ^a   Hsiao, Karen ^b   Duff, Karen ^c   Morgan, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's; Behavior; Transgenic; Water maze; Y maze

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 1;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR SKILLS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRESENILIN-1;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032756213     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021691918517     Document Type: Article

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