Early detection of cognitive deficits in the 3xTg-AD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 289, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-38

  Stover, Kurt R ^a   Campbell, Mackenzie A ^a   Van Winssen, Christine M ^a   Brown, Richard E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3xTg AD; Alzheimer's disease; Learning and memory; Mice

Indexed keywords

3XTG MOUSE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B6129SF2 MOUSE; BARNES MAZE TEST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EFFECT SIZE; FEAR/DEFENSE TEST BATTERY; FEMALE; HYBRID MOUSE STRAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE; Y MAZE TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISEASE MODEL; FEAR; PSYCHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL LEARNING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84928656456     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.04.012     Document Type: Article

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