Working memory task decreases the survival of newly born neurons in hippocampus

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-247

  Xu, Zhiwei ^a   Li, Jiang ^b   Zhang, Feilong ^a,c   Wu, Yonghong ^a   Gao, Yan ^a   Liang, Jie ^a   Zhang, Chenggang ^a,c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Delayed matching to place task; Hidden platform task; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Reference memory task; Survival of newly born neurons; Working memory task

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REFERENCE MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CORTICOSTERONE; DENTATE GYRUS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79952621145     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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