Quantitative trait locus for seizure susceptibility on mouse chromosome 5 confirmed with reciprocal congenic strains

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 458-462

  Ferraro, Thomas N ^a   Smith, George G ^b   Schwebel, Candice L ^a   Lohoff, Falk W ^a   Furlong, Patrick ^a   Berrettini, Wade H ^a   Buono, Russell J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C57 and DBA mice; Epilepsy; Maximal electroshock seizure threshold

Indexed keywords

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME 5; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETICS; GENOMICS; LABORATORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEIZURES;

MUS;

EID: 36248968753     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00123.2007     Document Type: Article

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