Advanced paternal age is associated with alterations in discrete behavioural domains and cortical neuroanatomy of C57BL/6J mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 556-564

  Foldi, Claire J ^a   Eyles, Darryl W ^a,b   McGrath, John J ^a,b   Burne, Thomas H J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced paternal age; Behaviour; Cortex; Mouse; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIRTH; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; HELPLESSNESS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATERNAL AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REARING; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REFLEX;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATERNAL AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 75749145826     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07074.x     Document Type: Article

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