Table 2.
Knockout mice models and memory performance.
Behavioral task | Knockout type | Effect on memory | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Water maze* | Hdc −/− | ↓ | [111] |
Water maze | Hdc −/− | ↑ | [112] |
Object recognition* | Hdc −/− | Unaffected | [111] |
Nonreinforced episodic object memory | Hdc −/− | ↓ | [112] |
Contextual fear conditioning | Hdc −/− | ↑ | [113] |
One-trial passive avoidance | Hdc −/− | ↑ | [111] |
Open field (habituation) | Hdc −/− | Unaffected | [114] |
Inhibitory avoidance | KO H1−/− | Unaffected | [115] |
Conditioned place preference | KO H1−/− | ↓ | [116] |
Radial-maze task | KO H1−/− | ↓ | [117] |
Auditory and contextual fear conditioning | KO H1−/− | ↑ | [68] |
Auditory and contextual fear conditioning | KO H2−/− | ↑ | [68] |
Object recognition | KO H1−/− | ↓ | [68] |
Object recognition | KO H2−/− | ↓ | [68] |
Barnes maze | KO H1−/− | ↓ | [68] |
Barnes maze | KO H2−/− | ↓ | [68] |
Barnes maze | KO H3−/− | ↑ | [118] |
Motoric long-term memory | KO H1−/− | ↓ | [119] |
Episodic and procedural memory | KO H1−/− | ↓ | [119] |
*This work was done using female mice.
Hdc: histidine decarboxylase.
H1, H2, H3: histaminergic receptor type.