Comprehensive Motor Testing in Fmr1-KO Mice Exposes Temporal Defects in Oromotor Coordination

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 962-969

  Roy, Snigdha ^a   Zhao, Yu ^a   Allensworth, Melody ^a   Farook, Mohamed F ^a   LeDoux, Mark S ^a   Reiter, Lawrence T ^a   Heck, Detlef H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragile X syndrome; Motor coordination; Motor learning; Oromotor behavior

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; ELEVATED BEAM TASK; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GRIP STRENGTH; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LICKING; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OROMOTOR COORDINATION; ROTAROD TEST; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VERTICAL ROPE CLIMBING ASSAY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83055184741     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025920     Document Type: Article

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