Behavioral assessment of the Ts65Dn mouse, a model for Down syndrome: Altered behavior in the elevated plus maze and open field

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-13

  Coussons Read, Mary E ^a   Crnic, Linda S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; behavior; Down syndrome; hyperactivity; learning; mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; LEARNING; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PHENOTYPE; TRISOMY; TRISOMY 21;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN SYNDROME; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRISOMY;

ANIMALIA; ARENA;

EID: 0030045921     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02361154     Document Type: Article

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