Behavioral phenotyping enhanced - Beyond (environmental) standardization

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-8

  Wurbel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavior; Behavioral phenotyping; Knockout; Mouse; Mutant; Standardization; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENOMICS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0002108556     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1601-1848.2001.00006.x     Document Type: Review

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