Spatial memory performance and hippocampal neuron number in osteoporotic SAMP6 mice

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 452-460

  Liu, Cun Zhi ^a   Yu, Jian Chun ^a   Cheng, Hai Yan ^a   Jiang, Zhi Guo ^b   Li, Tan ^a   Zhang, Xue Zhu ^a   Zhang, Lin Lin ^b   Han, Jing Xian ^a  

^a FIRST TEACHING HOSPITAL OF TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Hippocampus; Morris water maze; Neurons; Reference memory; SAMP6; Senescence accelerated mouse; Spatial memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMP6 MOUSE STRAIN; SENESCENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOMETRY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURONS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWIMMING;

EID: 33748416997     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.04.025     Document Type: Article

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