Behavioural performance in three substrains of mouse strain 129

Brain Research

Volumn 762, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 12-18

  Montkowski, Alexandra ^a   Poettig, Markus ^a   Mederer, Anna ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

129 substrain; B6; Behavior; Embryonic stem cell; Genetic background; Null mutant mouse

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030805736     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00370-3     Document Type: Article

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