Strain background influences neurotoxicity and behavioral abnormalities in mice expressing the tetracycline transactivator

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 10574-10586

  Han, Harry J ^a,b   Allen, Carolyn C ^a   Buchovecky, Christie M ^a   Yetman, Michael J ^a   Born, Heather A ^a   Marin, Miguel A ^a   Rodgers, Shaefali P ^a   Song, Bryan J ^a   Lu, Hui Chen ^a   Justice, Monica J ^a   Probst, Frank J ^a   Jankowsky, Joanna L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOXYCYCLINE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAU PROTEINS; TETRACYCLINE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84864479496     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0893-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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