Behavioral comparison of 4 and 6 month-old Ts65Dn mice: Age-related impairments in working and reference memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-131

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

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Radial arm maze; Reference memory; Ts65Dn; Working memory; Working memory load

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; TRISOMY;

EID: 0037460101     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00275-9     Document Type: Article

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