Impaired spatial reference memory and increased exploratory behavior in P301L tau transgenic mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 369-379

  Pennanen, L ^a   Wolfer, D P ^a   Nitsch, R M ^a   Gotz J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Frontotemporal dementia; Hippocampus; Morris water maze; Neurofibrillary tangles; Spatial reference memory; Tau; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASTE AVERSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; TAU PROTEINS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33745699023     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2005.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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