Olfactory discrimination learning in mice lacking the fragile X mental retardation protein

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-102

  Larson, John ^a   Kim, Daniel ^a   Patel, Roseanne C ^a   Floreani, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fmr1; FMRP; Memory; Odor discrimination; Olfaction; Olfactory learning

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FMR1 GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WILD TYPE;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ODORS; REACTION TIME; SMELL;

EID: 44649180546     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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