A comparative study of the performance of individuals with fragile X syndrome and Fmr1 knockout mice on Hebb-Williams mazes

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-64

  MacLeod, L S ^a   Kogan, C S ^a   Collin, C A ^a   Berry Kravis, E ^b   Messier, C ^a   Gandhi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural testing; Fmr1 knockout mice; Fragile X syndrome; Genetics; Hebb Williams maze; Hippocampus; Memory; Navigation; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; CORDEAUXIA EDULIS; MUS;

EID: 75749155413     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2009.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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