Mechanism for the learning deficits in a mouse model of neurofibromatosis type 1

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6871, 2002, Pages 526-530

  Costa, Rul M ^a   Federov, Nikolai B ^a,d   Kogan, Jeff H ^a,d   Murphy, Geoffrey G ^a   Stern, Joel ^a   Ohno, Masuo ^a   Kucherlapati, Raju ^b   Jacks, Tyler ^c   Silva, Alcino J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Memory Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PROTEINS;

LEARNING DEFICITS;

GENES;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOUSE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENES, RAS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; RAS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037203821     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature711     Document Type: Article

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