Abnormalities in whisking behaviour are associated with lesions in brain stem nuclei in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 259, Issue , 2014, Pages 274-283

  Grant, Robyn A ^a   Sharp, Paul S ^b   Kennerley, Aneurin J ^b   Berwick, Jason ^b   Grierson, Andrew ^b   Ramesh, Tennore ^b   Prescott, Tony J ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active sensing; Facial nucleus; Motor neuron disease; SOD1 mouse; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTRACTION VELOCITY; RETRACTION VELOCITY; VELOCITY; VIBRISSA;

ACTIVE SENSING; FACIAL NUCLEUS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; SOD1 MOUSE; VIBRISSAE;

AGE FACTORS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84889563828     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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