Mice with targeted genetic reduction of GABAA receptor α1 subunits display performance differences in Morris water maze tasks

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 580-583

  Berry, Raymond B ^a   Werner, David F ^b   Wang, XiaoFei ^c   Jablonski, Monica M ^c   Homanics, Gregg E ^b   Mittleman, Guy ^a   Matthews, Douglas B ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

GABAA receptor; Hippocampus; Morris water maze; Spatial learning; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1; ALANINE; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 51349119017     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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