Learning and memory and synaptic plasticity are impaired in a mouse model of Rett syndrome

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 319-327

  Moretti, Paolo ^a   Levenson, Jonathan M ^a   Battaglia, Fortunato ^b,c   Atkinson, Richard ^a   Teague, Ryan ^a   Antalffy, Barbara ^a   Armstrong, Dawna ^a   Arancio, Ottavio ^b,d   Sweatt, J David ^a   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Epigenetics; Learning and memory; LTD; LTP; MeCP2; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Rett syndrome; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPRESSION; FACILITATION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RETT SYNDROME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 30644479042     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2623-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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