Mice lacking tropomodulin-2 show enhanced long-term potentiation, hyperactivity, and deficits in learning and memory

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Cox, Patrick R ^a   Fowler, Velia ^b   Xu, Bisong ^a   Sweatt, J David ^a   Paylor, Richard ^a   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPOMODULIN;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

EID: 0037835766     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-7431(03)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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