Impaired hippocampal plasticity and errors in cognitive performance in mice with maladaptive AChE splice site selection

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-98

  Farchi, Noa ^a   Shoham, Shai ^b   Hochner, Binyamin ^a   Soreq, Hermona ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Cognition errors; LTP; Stress; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ERROR; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MODULATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FORSKOLIN; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

EID: 33846227915     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05249.x     Document Type: Article

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