Altered behavioral aspects of aged mice lacking the cellular prion protein

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 86-91

  Massimino, Maria Lina ^a   Redaelli, Marco ^b   Bertoli, Alessandro ^b   Sorgato, Maria Catia ^a,b   Mucignat Caretta, Carla ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cellular prion protein; PrP; PrP KO; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84879731350     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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