Neural activity changes underlying the working memory defi cit in alpha-CaMKII heterozygous knockout mice

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2009, Pages

  Matsuo, Naoki ^a,b   Yamasaki, Nobuyuki ^c   Ohira, Koji ^a,b   Takao, Keizo ^a,b,c   Toyama, Keiko ^a,b   Eguchi, Megumi ^d   Yamaguchi, Shun ^d   Miyakawa, Tsuyoshi ^a,b,c  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CaMKII; c fos; Dentate gyrus; Immediate early genes; Schizophrenia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953394141     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.08.020.2009     Document Type: Article

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