Behavioural profile of a new mouse model for NPY deficiency

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-180

  Karl, Tim ^a,b   Duffy, Liesl ^a,b   Herzog, Herbert ^a  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Exploration; Learning; Motor activity; Npy knockout mouse; Sex

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; CHIMERA; GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIMERA; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 54049141743     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06306.x     Document Type: Article

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