Focal expression of mutated tau in entorhinal cortex neurons of rats impairs spatial working memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 332-340

  Ramirez, Julio J ^a   Poulton, Winona E ^a   Knelson, Erik ^a   Barton, Cole ^a   King, Michael A ^b,c   Klein, Ronald L ^d  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Hippocampal formation; Learned alternation; P301L; Retrohippocampal area; Tauopathy; Y maze

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TAUOPATHY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEPENDOVIRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUTATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

EID: 78149410465     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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