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Effects of handling on the behavioural phenotype of the neuregulin 1 type III transgenic mouse model for schizophrenia.
Behavioural brain research - 7 May 2021
Guerra Stefan, Chesworth Rose, Weickert Cynthia Shannon, Karl Tim
Abstract excerpt
Handling of laboratory mice affects animal wellbeing and behavioural test outcomes. However, present research has focused on handling effects in common strains of laboratory mice despite the knowledge that environmental factors can modify established phenotypes of genetic mouse models. Thus, we examined the impact of handling on the face validity of a transgenic mouse model for the schizophrenia risk gene...
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