Mutation of the dyslexia-associated gene Dcdc2 impairs LTM and visuo-spatial performance in mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 868-875

  Gabel, L A ^a   Marin, I ^a   Loturco, J J ^b   Che, A ^b   Murphy, C ^a   Manglani, M ^a   Kass, S ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Hebb Williams maze; NOR task; Reading disorder; Visual discrimination; Working memory

Indexed keywords

DOUBLECORTIN; DOUBLECORTIN DOMAIN CONTAINING 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSLEXIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; INDUCED MUTATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DYSLEXIA; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

CORDEAUXIA EDULIS; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 80755172120     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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