Phenotyping mouse chromosome substitution strains reveal multiple QTLs for febrile seizure susceptibility

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-255

  Hessel, E V S ^a   Van Gassen, K L I ^a   Wolterink Donselaar, I G ^a   Stienen, P J ^b   Fernandes, C ^c   Brakkee, J H ^a   Kas, M J H ^a   De Graan, P N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome substitution strains; Development; Epilepsy; Fever; Hyperthermia; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SUBSTITUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEIZURES, FEBRILE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 61449152965     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2008.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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