Behavioural characterization of Vitamin D receptor knockout mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 299-308

  Burne, Thomas H J ^a,b   McGrath, John J ^b,c   Eyles, Darryl W ^b,c   Mackay Sim, Alan ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Anxiety; Behavioural phenotype; Locomotor activity; Mouse; Sensorimotor gating; VDR

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ALOPECIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAIT; GENOTYPE; HABITUATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHENOTYPE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ROTAROD TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STARTLE REFLEX; TIME; WILD TYPE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAIT; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 11444253492     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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