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A mouse model system for genetic analysis of sociability: C57BL/6J versus BALB/cJ inbred mouse strains.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Mar 2006
Sankoorikal Geena Mary V, Kaercher Kristin A, Boon Catherine J, Lee Jin Kyoung, Brodkin Edward S
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BACKGROUND: Impairments in social behaviors are highly disabling symptoms of autism, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders. Mouse model systems are useful for identifying the many genes and environmental factors likely to affect complex behaviors, such as sociability (the tendency to seek social interaction). To progress toward developing such a model system, we tested the hypothesis that C57BL/6J inbred...
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