Hot-foot murine mutation: behavioral effects and neuroanatomical alterations.

doi:10.1016/0006-8993(90)91488-3

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Hot-foot murine mutation: behavioral effects and neuroanatomical alterations.

Brain research - 23 Jul 1990

Guastavino J M, Sotelo C, Damez-Kinselle I

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We have studied the behavior of a new neurological mouse mutant, the hot-foot mutant. The most obvious phenotypic characteristic of the mutation is an abnormality of posture (body flattened on the ground, back limbs spread wide) and of locomotion (backing up and jerky movements of the hind limbs)...

Topics

Animals
Cerebellum
Female
Gait
Homozygote
Locomotion
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Neurologic Mutants
Microscopy, Electron
Motor Activity
Mutation
Phenotype
Posture

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