Impaired spatial memory and altered dendritic spine morphology in angiotensin II type 2 receptor-deficient mice

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 563-571

  Maul, Björn ^a   Von Bohlen Und Halbach, Oliver ^b   Becker, Axel ^c   Sterner Kock, Anja ^d   Voigt, Jörg Peter ^d   Siems, Wolf Eberhard ^a   Grecksch, Gisela ^c   Walther, Thomas ^e,f  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; AT2 receptor; Gene deficiency; Learning; Morris water maze; X linked mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR GENE; SPATIAL MEMORY; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DENDRITIC SPINES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2;

EID: 43049144539     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-008-0316-4     Document Type: Article

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