A comparison of 129S2/SvHsd and C57BL/6JOlaHsd mice on a test battery assessing sensorimotor, affective and cognitive behaviours: Implications for the study of genetically modified mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-46

  Contet, Candice ^a   Rawlins, J Nicholas P ^b   Deacon, Robert M J ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Department of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognition; Genetic modification; Locomotion; Mouse; Strain comparison; Test battery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; FEMALE; HABITUATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034984174     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(01)00231-5     Document Type: Article

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