Genetic component of sensorimotor capacity in rats

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2003, Pages 241-247

  Koch, Lauren Gerard ^a   Britton, Steven L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; Inbred strains; N:NIH rats; Rotorod; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; ANIMAL; AUGUST COPENHAGEN IRISH RAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BROWN NORWAY RAT; BUFFALO RAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAHL SALT SENSITIVE RAT; FISCHER 344 RAT; FOUNDER EFFECT; GAIT; GENETICS; LEARNING; LEWIS RAT; OUTBRED STRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GAIT; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED ACI; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED BUF; RATS, INBRED DAHL; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED WKY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0038725744     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00137.2002     Document Type: Article

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