Impaired water maze learning performance without altered dopaminergic function in mice heterozygous for the GDNF mutation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1153-1163

  Gerlai, Robert ^a,b   McNamara, A ^a   Choi Lundberg, D L ^a   Armanini, M ^a   Ross, J ^a   Powell Braxton, L ^a   Phillips, H S ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor; Hippocampus; Mouse; Spatial learning; Water maze

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HETEROZYGOTE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN SIZE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0035783984     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01724.x     Document Type: Article

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