Learning deficits in forebrain-restricted brain-derived neurotrophic factor mutant mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 341-354

  Gorski, J A ^a   Balogh, S A ^a   Wehner, J M ^a   Jones, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre lox; Hippocampus; Memory; Neurotrophin; Water maze

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMBRYO; FEAR; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0141867812     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(03)00426-3     Document Type: Article

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