Longitudinal analysis of the behavioural phenotype in Hdh Q92 Huntington's disease knock-in mice

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 148-155

  Brooks, Simon ^a   Higgs, Gemma ^a   Jones, Lesley ^b   Dunnett, Stephen B ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cognitive; Huntington's disease; Knock in; Motor; Phenotype; Q92

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HDH Q92 MOUSE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAROD TEST; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84860837933     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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