Effects of the rd1 mutation and host strain on hippocampal learning in mice

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 591-601

  Clapcote, Steven J ^a   Lazar, Noah L ^b,d   Bechard, Allison R ^a   Roder, John C ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Genetic background; Inbred strain; Mice; Retinal degeneration; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE RD1; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; INBRED STRAIN; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; RETINA DEGENERATION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EYE PROTEINS; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 25144475881     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-005-5634-5     Document Type: Article

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