Quantitative trait locus analysis of contextual fear conditioning in mice

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-334

  Wehner, Jeanne M ^a   Radcliffe, Richard A ^a   Rosmann, Shelby T ^a   Christensen, Steven C ^a   Rasmussen, Duffy L ^a   Fulker, David W ^a   Wiles, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030667886     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1197-331     Document Type: Article

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