Texture of locomotor path: A replicable characterization of a complex behavioral phenotype

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 431-443

  Kafkafi, N ^a,b   Elmer, G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Cocaine; Curvature; Diazepam; Exploratory behavior; FG 7142; Genotype laboratory interaction; Inbred strains; Pentylenetetrazole; SEE

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; INBRED STRAIN; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FRACTALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26444570826     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2005.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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