Protective effect of 5-HT1B receptor gene deletion on the age-related decline in spatial learning abilities in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 135-142

  Buhot, Marie Christine ^a   Wolff, Mathieu ^a   Savova, Magdaléna ^a   Malleret, Gaël ^a   Hen, René ^b   Segu, Louis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT1B; Aging; Hippocampus; Knockout mice; Learning and memory; Morris water maze; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0038616308     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00400-X     Document Type: Article

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