Hippocampal morphology and open-field behavior in Mus musculus domesticus and Mus spretus inbred mice

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-73

  Laghmouch, Abdelkader ^a   Bertholet, Jean Yves ^a   Crusio, Wim E ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J; Exploratory behavior; hippocampal mossy fibers; inbred strain; mouse; Mus musculus domesticus; Mus spretus; SEG

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030969249     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025667426222     Document Type: Article

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