Age-dependent deficits in fear learning in heterozygous BDNF knock-out mice

Learning and Memory

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 561-570

  Endres, Thomas ^a   Lessmann, Volkmar ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 84870546420     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.028068.112     Document Type: Article

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