Frontal cortex BDNF levels correlate with working memory in an animal model of Down syndrome

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 47-57

  Bimonte Nelson, Heather A ^a   Hunter, Christopher L ^a   Nelson, Matthew E ^a   Granholm, Ann Charlotte E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Down syndrome; NGF; Radial arm maze; Reference memory; Ts65Dn; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOWN SYNDROME; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN SYNDROME; ESCAPE REACTION; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0037450168     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00082-7     Document Type: Article

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