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A behavioral assessment of Ts65Dn mice: a putative Down syndrome model.
Neuroscience letters - 20 Oct 1995
Escorihuela R M, Fernández-Teruel A, Vallina I F, Baamonde C, Lumbreras M A, Dierssen M, Tobeña A, Flórez J
Abstract excerpt
Mice which are trisomic for only the human chromosome (Chr) 21-homologous segment of mouse Chr 16 (segmental trisomy), including a portion of the Down syndrome region of human Chr 21, have recently been developed. Since these segmentally trisomic mice, designated Ts(17(16))65Dn, survive to adulthood, they may represent a mouse model for the study of Down syndrome. A partial characterization of their behavioral...
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