Neurobiology of rodent self-grooming and its value for translational neuroscience

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 45-59

  Kalueff, Allan V ^a,b,c,d   Stewart, Adam Michael ^b   Song, Cai ^a,e,f   Berridge, Kent C ^g   Graybiel, Ann M ^h   Fentress, John C ^e  

^a GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZENEREI Research Center   (United States)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMPULSION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; GROOMING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT MODEL; SELF GROOMING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GROOMING; HUMANS; NEUROBIOLOGY; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 84950988164     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2015.8     Document Type: Review

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