Standardizing tests of mouse behavior: Reasons, recommendations, and reality

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 695-704

  Wahlsten, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavioral genetics; Gene environment interaction; Inbred strains; Knockouts; Laboratory environment; Spatial memory; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR GENETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034820360     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00527-3     Document Type: Article

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