Neuron-specific expression of tomosyn1 in the mouse hippocampal dentate gyrus impairs spatial learning and memory

NeuroMolecular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 351-363

  Barak, Boaz ^a   Okun, Eitan ^b   Ben Simon, Yoav ^a   Lavi, Ayal ^a   Shapira, Ronit ^a   Madar, Ravit ^b   Wang, Yue ^c   Norman, Eric ^c   Sheinin, Anton ^a   Pita, Mario A ^c   Yizhar, Ofer ^e   Mughal, Mohamed R ^c   Stuenkel, Edward ^d   Van Praag, Henriette ^c   Mattson, Mark P ^c   Ashery, Uri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavior; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; Lentivirus; Short term plasticity; Synaptic plasticity; Synaptic transmission; Tomosyn

Indexed keywords

LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; SNARE PROTEIN; TOMOSYN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIRED PULSE FACILITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LENTIVIRUS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; R-SNARE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SWIMMING; UP-REGULATION;

LENTIVIRUS; MUS;

EID: 84877788811     PISSN: 15351084     EISSN: 15591174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12017-013-8223-4     Document Type: Article

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