Impaired spatial memory in APP-overexpressing mice on a homocysteinemia-inducing diet

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1195-1205

  Bernardo, Alexandra ^a,b   McCord, Meghan ^a   Troen, Aron M ^c   Allison, John D ^a,b   McDonald, Michael P ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Amyloid; Behavior; Delayed conditional discrimination; Delayed non matching to position; Folate; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Learning; Memory; Transgenic; Water maze

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CHOLINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; WORKING MEMORY;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTINE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PTEROYLPOLYGLUTAMIC ACIDS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34249291912     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.05.035     Document Type: Article

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