Impaired spatial working memory but spared spatial reference memory following functional loss of NMDA receptors in the dentate gyrus
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Impaired spatial working memory but spared spatial reference memory following functional loss of NMDA receptors in the dentate gyrus
Novel spatially restricted genetic manipulations can be used to assess contributions made by synaptic plasticity to learning and memory, not just selectively within the hippocampus, but even within specific hippocampal subfields. Here we generated genetically modified mice (NR1(deltaDG) mice) exhibiting complete loss of the NR1 subunit of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor specifically in the gr...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0953-816X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05312.x