Olfactory learning abilities in staggerer mutant mice.
Staggerer mutant mice were compared to non-mutant mice in two olfactory learning tasks. It was found that, in spite of a delayed acquisition compared to non-mutants, staggerer mice were able to learn an olfactory habituation task. On the other hand, staggerer presented deficits in an associative olfactory task and, contrary to non-mutants, did not learn this task. Perturbations in olfactory bulbs of staggerer mice could explain their olfactory learning deficits.
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Laboratoire d'éthologie expérimentale et comparée, Upres-A CNRS 7025, université Paris-Nord, Villetaneuse, France. Veronique.Deiss@leec.univ-paris13.fr
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D000818:Animals; D001547:Benzaldehydes; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008818:Mice, Neurologic Mutants; D009154:Mutation; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000502:physiology; D012903:Smell / Q000235:genetics
D001547:Benzaldehydes; C100058:vanillin