Mice with vestibular deficiency display hyperactivity, disorientation, and signs of anxiety

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-217

  Avni, Reut ^a   Elkan, Tal ^a   Dror, Amiel A ^a   Shefer, Shachar ^a   Eilam, David ^a   Avraham, Karen B ^a   Mintz, Matti ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetics; Idiothetic cues; Navigation; Open field; Path integration; Vestibular mutation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; EAR OSSICLES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 67349112702     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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