Genetic influences on electrical seizure threshold

Brain Research

Volumn 813, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 207-210

  Ferraro, T N ^a   Golden, G T ^a,b   Snyder, R ^a,b   Laibinis, M ^a,b   Smith, G G ^a,b   Buono, R J ^a   Berrettini, W H ^a  

^a Center for Neurobiology and Behavior   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B6 mice; D2 mice; Electroconvulsive shock; Epilepsy; Genetics; Quantitative trait loci; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEIZURES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032583264     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01013-0     Document Type: Article

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