Interaction of genotype and environment: Effect of strain and housing conditions on cognitive behaviour in rodent models of schizophrenia

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Turner, Karly M ^a   Burne, Thomas H J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal model; Background strain; Cognition; Enriched environment; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HOUSING; MOUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; RODENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84880593831     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00097     Document Type: Article

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