Anxiety-related behaviour in C57BL/6 ↔ BALB/c chimeric mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 25-32

  Carola, Valeria ^a   D'Olimpio, Francesca ^b   Brunamonti, Emiliano ^a   Bevilacqua, Arturo ^a   Renzi, Paolo ^a   Mangia, Franco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety behaviour; BALB c; C57BL 6; Chimeric mice; Elevated plus maze; F1 hybrids; Open field; Stress coping strategies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HAPLOIDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIMERA; HAIR COLOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642312966     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00217-1     Document Type: Article

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