Article
Anxiety behavior, exploratory behavior, and activity in NZB x NZW F1 hybrid mice: role of genotype and autoimmune disease progression.
Brain, behavior, and immunity - 1 Sept 1996
Schrott L M, Crnic L S
Abstract excerpt
Behavioral changes often accompany the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in humans and animals. In a mouse model of SLE, the NZB x NZW F1 (B/W) hybrid, 12-week-old mice display more anxiety behavior, less activity, and less exploratory behavior than non-autoimmune female NZW m...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Anxiety
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Exploratory Behavior
- Female
- Genotype
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin M
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- Mice
