Enriched early experiences of mice underexpressing the β-amyloid precursor protein restore spatial learning capabilities but not normal openfield behavior of adult animals

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 230-241

  Tremml, P ^a   Lipp, H P ^a   Muller U ^a,b   Wolfer, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

APP; Alzheimer's disease; Early handling; Fox battery; Memory and learning; Morris maze; Neurobehavioral development; Openfield activity; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; EXONS; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0037498626     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-183X.2002.10405.x     Document Type: Article

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