Behavioral characterization of wild derived male mice (Mus musculus musculus) of the PWD/Ph inbred strain: High exploration compared to C57BL/6J

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 621-630

  Fernandes, Cathy ^a   Liu, Lin ^a   Paya Cano, José L ^a   Gregorová, Soňa ^b   Forejt, Jiří ^b   Schalkwyk, Leonard C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anxiety; behavior; cognition; exploration; mouse; Mus musculus musculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; REACTION TIME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUS MUSCULUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 7744233419     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-004-5589-y     Document Type: Article

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