Two-day radial-arm water maze learning and memory task; robust resolution of amyloid-related memory deficits in transgenic mice

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1671-1679

  Alamed, Jennifer ^a   Wilcock, Donna M ^a   Diamond, David M ^a,b   Gordon, Marcia N ^a   Morgan, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; WATER;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXPERIMENTATION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARM WATER MAZE TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WORKING MEMORY;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; STATISTICS; SWIMMING;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 34248659126     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.275     Document Type: Article

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