Serotonin transporter deficiency in rats contributes to impaired object memory

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 829-834

  Olivier, J D A ^a   Jans, L A W ^b   Blokland, A ^b   Broers, N J ^b   Homberg, J R ^a   Ellenbroek, B A ^c   Cools, A R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Neuropharmacology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Knockout; Memory; Object recognition; Rat; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; KNOCKOUT GENE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; MEMORY DISORDERS; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

RATTUS;

EID: 70449411463     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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