QTL analysis identifies multiple behavioral dimensions in ethological tests of anxiety in laboratory mice.
BACKGROUND: Ethological tests of anxiety-related behaviors, such as the open field arena and elevated plus maze, are often carried out on transgenic animals in the attempt to correlate gene function with a behavioral phenotype. However, the interpretation of such tests is problematic, as it is prob...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2001
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