Characterization of NFH-LacZ transgenic mice with the SHIRPA primary screening battery and tests of motor coordination, exploratory activity, and spatial learning

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-19

  Lalonde, R ^a,b   Eyer, J ^c   Wunderle, V ^c   Strazielle, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cerebellum; Motor activity; Motor coordination; Neurofilaments; Spatial learning; Spontaneous alternation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

LEARNING; NEUROLOGY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TREMOR;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0037620379     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(03)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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