Behavioral phenotyping of transgenic and knockout mice: Experimental design and evaluation of general health, sensory functions, motor abilities, and specific behavioral tests

Brain Research

Volumn 835, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-26

  Crawley, Jacqueline N ^a  

^a Experimental Therapeutics Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HEALTH; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSATION;

EID: 0033578272     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01258-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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