Spatial memory deficits in middle-aged mice correlate with lower exploratory activity and a subordinate status: Role of hippocampal neurotrophins

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 711-728

  Francia, N ^a   Cirulli, F ^a   Chiarotti, F ^a   Antonelli, A ^b   Aloe, L ^b   Alleva, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anxiety; BDNF; Cognition; Individual differences; Mouse; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ADULTHOOD; AGGRESSION; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FREEZING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644964952     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04585.x     Document Type: Article

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