Genetic determinants of adult hippocampal neurogenesis correlate with acquisition, but not probe trial performance, in the water maze task

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 129-136

  Kempermann, Gerd ^a,b   Gage, F H ^c  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

BrdU; Recombinant inbred; Stem cell; Water maze

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENTATE GYRUS; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INBRED STRAIN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036455153     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02042.x     Document Type: Article

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