Cellular prion protein ablation impairs behavior as a function of age

NeuroReport

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1375-1379

  Coitinho, Adriana S ^a   Roesler, Rafael ^a   Martins, Vilma R ^b   Brentani, Ricardo R ^b   Izquierdo, Ivan ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Behavior; Cellular prion protein; Locomotor activity; Short and long term memory

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFUSION; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL INHIBITION; PRIONS; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0042200243     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200307180-00019     Document Type: Article

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