Comparison of the behavior of the curly tail and CBA mouse on a neurologic scale

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 503-510

  Briner, Wayne ^a   Peterson, Sadie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral teratology; Curly tail; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNAWAY REACTION; SPINA BIFIDA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0031795873     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(97)00122-0     Document Type: Article

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