The impact of genetic background on neurodegeneration and behavior in seizured mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 228-239

  Mohajeri, M H ^a,b   Madani, R ^a   Saini, K ^a   Lipp, H P ^a   Nitsch, R M ^a   Wolfer, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Psychiatry Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Hippocampus; Learning and memory; Seizure; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYBRID; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEIZURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CONVULSANTS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PILOCARPINE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SEIZURES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3442895738     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-1848.2004.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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