Lesions to the CA2 region of the hippocampus impair social memory in mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3294-3301

  Stevenson, Erica L ^a   Caldwell, Heather K ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Excitotoxic; Olfaction; Social recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SOCIAL RECOGNITION MEMORY; SOCIAL RECOGNITION TEST; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CA2 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84932091205     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12689     Document Type: Article

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