Neurobehavioral evaluation of lurcher mutant mice during ontogeny

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-28

  Thullier, F ^a   Lalonde, R ^b   Cousin, X ^a   Lestienne, F ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Equilibrium; Lurcher mutant; Motor coordination; Swimming; Visuomotor coordination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SWIMMING; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030908239     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00010-2     Document Type: Article

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