Enrichment induces structural changes and recovery from nonspatial memory deficits in CA1 NMDAR1-knockout mice

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 238-244

  Rampon, Claire ^a   Tang, Ya Ping ^a   Goodhouse, Joe ^a   Shimizu, Eiji ^a   Kyin, Maureen ^a   Tsien, Joe Z ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DENDRITES; ELECTROSHOCK; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SMELL; SPACE PERCEPTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034006822     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/72945     Document Type: Article

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