Radial maze performance, open-field and elevated plus-maze behaviors in Fyn-kinase deficient mice: Further evidence for increased fearfulness

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Miyakawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Yagi, Takeshi ^b   Kagiyama, Akira ^a   Niki, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Emotionality; Fyn deficient mouse; Open field test; Radial maze performance; Spatial learning; Src family; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE P60; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029887733     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00300-H     Document Type: Article

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