Behavioral analyses of visually impaired Crx knockout mice revealed sensory compensation in exploratory activities on elevated platforms

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 258, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Iura, Yoichiro ^a   Udo, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Compensation; Learning; Mice; Perception; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BARNES MAZE TEST; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRX GENE; EAR PLUG; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; GENE; GLASS TABLE VISUAL RECOGNITION TEST; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LIGHT DARK TRANSITION TEST; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGMOTAXIS; VIBRISSA; VISION TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL INFORMATION;

BEHAVIOR; COMPENSATION; LEARNING; MICE; PERCEPTION; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLINDNESS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84886794927     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

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