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Female CREBalphadelta- deficient mice show earlier age-related cognitive deficits than males.
Neuroscience - 5 Dec 2007
Hebda-Bauer E K, Luo J, Watson S J, Akil H
Abstract excerpt
Age-related changes in the hippocampus increase vulnerability to impaired learning and memory. Our goal is to understand how a genetic vulnerability to cognitive impairment can be modified by aging and sex. Mice with a mutation in the cAMP response element binding (CREB) protein gene (CREB(alphadelta-) deficient mice) have a mild cognitive impairment and show test condition-dependent learning and memory deficits....
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