Molecular genetic analysis of mammalian behavior and brain processes: Caveats and perspectives

Seminars in Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 153-161

  Gerlai, Robert ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Background genes; Behavioral constraints; Ethology; Gene targeting; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; LEARNING; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MUTANT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029893622     PISSN: 10445765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smns.1996.0020     Document Type: Review

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