Conditional reduction of adult born doublecortin-positive neurons reversibly impairs selective behaviors

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue NOVEMBER, 2015, Pages

  Garrett, Lillian ^a   Zhang, Jingzhong ^a,b   Zimprich, Annemarie ^a   Niedermeier, Kristina M ^a,c   Fuchs, Helmut ^a   Gailus Durner, Valerie ^a   de Angelis, Martin Hrabě ^a,c   Weisenhorn, Daniela Vogt ^a   Wurst, Wolfgang ^a,c,d,e   Hölter, Sabine M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doublecortin; Emotionality; Mice; Neurogenesis; Social discrimination

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN A; DOUBLECORTIN; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DENTATE GYRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; MOUSE MODEL; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL MEMORY; STRESS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947812852     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00302     Document Type: Article

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