Complex trait analysis of the hippocampus: Mapping and biometric analysis of two novel gene loci with specific effects on hippocampal structure in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3503-3514

  Lu, Lu ^a   Airey, David C ^a   Williams, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BXD recombinant inbred strain; C57BL 6; Complex trait analysis; DBA 2; Dentate gyrus; Granule cells; Heritability; Quantitative trait locus; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BRAIN WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 5; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRANULE CELL; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0035873157     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-10-03503.2001     Document Type: Article

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