A novel behavioral method to detect motoneuron disease in Wobbler mice aged three to seven days old

Brain Research

Volumn 813, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 334-342

  Bose, P ^a   Fielding, R ^b   Ameis, K M ^b   Vacca Galloway, L L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behavior; Degeneration; Early detection; Motoneuron disease; Righting reflex; Wobbler mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0009496692     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01033-6     Document Type: Article

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