Molecular and behavioral changes associated with adult hippocampus-specific SynGAP1 knockout

Learning and Memory

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 268-281

  Muhia, Mary ^a,e   Willadt, Silvia ^b   Yee, Benjamin K ^a,f   Feldon, Joram ^a   Paterna, Jean Charles ^a   Schwendener, Severin ^a   Vogt, Kaspar ^b   Kennedy, Mary B ^c   Knuesel, Irene ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; RAP PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; SYNAPTIC RAS RAP GTPASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE HILUS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; LOXP SITE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE MEMORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTEGRASES; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84864020504     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.026351.112     Document Type: Article

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