Assessing the effects of the 129/Sv genetic background on swimming navigation learning in transgenic mutants: A study using mice with a modified β-amyloid precursor protein gene

Brain Research

Volumn 771, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-13

  Wolfer, David P ^a   Müller, Ulrike ^a   Stagliar, Marijana ^a   Lipp, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; Gene targeting; Genetic strain; Mouse; Swimming navigation

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DATA BASE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBRED STRAIN; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0038025431     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00673-2     Document Type: Article

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