Deprivation of endogenous brain-derived neurotrophic factor results in impairment of spatial learning and memory in adult rats

Brain Research

Volumn 835, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-265

  Mu, Jun Shan ^a   Li, Wei Ping ^a,c   Yao, Zhi Bin ^b   Zhou, Xin Fu ^c  

^a FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Learning and memory impairment; Morris water maze

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CUES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 0033600503     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01592-9     Document Type: Article

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