Transthyretin influences spatial reference memory

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-385

  Sousa, João Carlos ^a   Marques, Fernanda ^a   Dias Ferreira, Eduardo ^a   Cerqueira, João José ^a   Sousa, Nuno ^a   Palha, Joana Almeida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebrospinal fluid; Memory; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REFERENCE MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COGNITION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREALBUMIN; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548286470     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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