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Genetic structure of hereditary catalepsy in mice.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Jun 2008
Kulikov A V, Bazovkina D V, Kondaurova E M, Popova N K
Abstract excerpt
Catalepsy or pronounced freezing is a natural passive defense strategy in animals and a syndrome of some mental disorders in human. Hereditary catalepsy was shown to be associated with depressive-like features in rats and mice. The loci underlying the difference in predisposition to catalepsy between catalepsy-prone CBA/lacJ and catalepsy-resistant AKR/J mice were mapped using congenic line and selective breeding...
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