Neonatal motor functions in Cacna1a-mutant rolling Nagoya mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-279

  Takahashi, Eiki ^a   Niimi, Kimie ^a   Itakura, Chitoshi ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cav2.1; Hind limb suspension; Negative geotaxis; Righting reflex; Tail suspension

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL CAV2.1 ALPHA 1 SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMOBILIZATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RIGHTING REFLEX; WEIGHT GAIN; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, Q-TYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74449090697     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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