Hippocampal activation of immediate early genes Zenk and c-Fos in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) during learning and recall of a spatial memory task

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-329

  Mayer, Uwe ^a   Watanabe, Shigeru ^b   Bischof, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian brain; Birds; Hippocampus; Immunohistochemistry; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN ZENK; PROTEIN C FOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CUES; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; GENES, FOS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77950691039     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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