Impaired short- and long-term memory in Ts65Dn mice, a model for Down syndrome

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 171-174

  Escorihuela, Rosa M ^a   Vallina, Iria F ^b   Martínez Cué, Carmen ^b   Baamonde, Carmela ^b   Dierssen, Mara ^b   Tobeña, Adolf ^a   Flórez, Jesús ^b   Fernández Teruel, Alberto ^a  

^a Medical Psychology Unit   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Morris water maze; Plus maze; Reference memory; Training influence; Ts65Dn mice; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DOWN SYNDROME; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 17044446177     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00317-6     Document Type: Article

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