Neuroligin-1 deletion results in impaired spatial memory and increased repetitive behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2115-2129

  Blundell, Jacqueline ^a,d   Blaiss, Cory A ^a   Etherton, Mark R ^c   Espinosa, Felipe ^a   Tabuchi, Katsuhiko ^c   Walz, Christopher ^a   Bolliger, Marc F ^c   Südhof, Thomas C ^c   Powell, Craig M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CYCLOSERINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROLIGIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE DELETION; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STEREOTYPY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYCLOSERINE; DRUG PARTIAL AGONISM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MAZE LEARNING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; SYNAPSES;

EID: 76649086962     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4517-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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