Contralateral increase in thigmotactic scanning following unilateral barrel-cortex lesion in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-43

  Luhmann, Heiko J ^a   Huston, Joseph P ^b   Hasenöhrl, Rüdiger U ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Freeze lesion; Mouse; Open field; Scanning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEGLECT; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 11144319474     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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