Detecting spatial memory deficits beyond blindness in tg2576 Alzheimer mice

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 716-730

  Yassine, Nour ^a   Lazaris, Anelise ^b   Dorner Ciossek, Cornelia ^b   Després, Olivier ^a   Meyer, Laurence ^a   Maitre, Michel ^a   Mensah Nyagan, Ayikoe Guy ^a   Cassel, Jean Christophe ^a   Mathis, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; APP transgenic mice; B6SJL mice; Barnes maze; Blind mice; Genetic background; Object location; Recognition memory; Retinal degeneration; Spatial memory; Vision

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOMOZYGOTE; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RETINA DEGENERATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL MEMORY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 6; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PILOT PROJECTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84870543182     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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