Genetic ablation of the mammillary bodies in the Foxb1 mutant mouse leads to selective deficit of spatial working memory

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 219-229

  Radyushkin, Konstantin ^a,b   Anokhin, Konstantin ^b   Meyer, Barbara I ^a   Jiang, Qiuhong ^c   Alvarez Bolado, Gonzalo ^a,c   Gruss, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b P K ANOKHIN INSTITUTE OF NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Gene knock out; Korsakoff's syndrome; Learning; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOXB1 GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 13244249855     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03844.x     Document Type: Article

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