Sensorimotor functions in transgenic mice expressing the neurofilament/heavy-LacZ fusion protein on two genetic backgrounds

Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 447-454

  Dubois, M ^a   Strazielle, C ^b   Eyer, J ^c   Lalonde, R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Motoneuron; Motor activity; Motor coordination; Neurofilaments; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; ORIENTATION; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037129939     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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