Learning and memory in the FMR1 knockout mouse

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-282

  Fisch, Gene S ^a,d   Hao, Hui K ^b   Bakker, Cathy ^c   Oostra, Ben A ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Midwood High School   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FMR1 knockout mouse; Learning and memory; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0033612148     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990528)84:3<277::AID-AJMG22>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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