Ablating Adult Neurogenesis in the Rat Has No Effect on Spatial Processing: Evidence from a Novel Pharmacogenetic Model

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Groves, James O ^a   Leslie, Isla ^a   Huang, Guo Jen ^b   McHugh, Stephen B ^c   Taylor, Amy ^c   Mott, Richard ^a   Munafò, Marcus ^d   Bannerman, David M ^c   Flint, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REFERENCE MEMORY; SPATIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PHARMACOGENETICS; RATS; THYMIDINE KINASE;

EID: 84884689285     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003718     Document Type: Article

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