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Prenatal ontogeny of the dopamine-dependent neurobehavioral phenotype in Pitx3-deficient mice.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 May 2013
Kleven Gale A, Joshi Priyanka, Voogd Marco, Ronca April E
Abstract excerpt
Mouse models with prenatal alterations in dopaminergic functioning can provide new opportunities to identify fetal behavioral abnormalities and the underlying neural substrates dependent on dopamine. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that prenatal loss of nigrostriatal function is associated with fetal akinesia, or difficulty initiating movement. Specific behaviors were analysed in fetal offspring derived...
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