Synaptic Plasticity and Olfactory Learning in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome
John Larson, Ph.D. Principal Investigator
University of Ilinois, Chicago, $40,000
By Katie Clapp, 7/2000
This team will use olfaction (sense of smell) in mice as a neuro-behavioral model system for human memory. They will characterize olfactory sensitivity, learning, and memory in FMR1 knockout mice as compared to wild-type (normal control) mice.
