Behavioral responses of C57BL/6, FVB/N, and 129/SvEMS mouse strains to traumatic brain injury: Implications for gene targeting approaches to neurotrauma

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 377-389

  Fox, Gerard B ^a,b   Levasseur, Ryan A ^a   Faden, Alan I ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnes maze; Behavior differences; Mouse; Strain 129 SvEMS; Strain C57BL 6; Strain FVB N; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RIGHTING REFLEX; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0033059956     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1999.16.377     Document Type: Article

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