Landmark-based but not vestibular-based orientation elicits mossy fiber synaptogenesis in the mouse hippocampus

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-180

  Middei, S ^a,b   Vetere, G ^a   Sgobio, C ^a   Ammassari Teule, M ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Inbred mice; Morris water maze; Mossy fiber synaptogenesis; Vestibular signals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBA 2 MOUSE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULE;

EID: 33845963596     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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