Imprinted Rasgrf1 expression in neonatal mice affects olfactory learning and memory

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-403

  Drake, N M ^a   Devito, L M ^b,c   Cleland, T A ^b   Soloway, P D ^a  

^a Division of Nutritional Sciences   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conflict hypothesis; Development; Genomic imprinting; Memory consolidation; Olfactory learning

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RAC PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RASGRF1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; ALLELE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME IMPRINTING; LEARNING; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY MEMORY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MUTATION; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RAS-GRF1;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 79958044336     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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