Article
Topographical evaluation of the phenotype of spontaneous behaviour in mice with targeted gene deletion of the D1A dopamine receptor: paradoxical elevation of grooming syntax.
Neuropharmacology - 1 Dec 1998
Clifford J J, Tighe O, Croke D T, Sibley D R, Drago J, Waddington J L
Abstract excerpt
The phenotype of spontaneous behaviour in mice with targeted gene deletion of the DIA dopamine receptor was investigated topographically. Via direct visual observation, individual elements of behaviour were resolved and quantified using an ethologically-based, rapid time-sampling behavioural chec...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Grooming
- Habituation, Psychophysiologic
- Male
- Mastication
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mice, Knockout
- Motor Activity
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Dopamine D1
- Stereotyped Behavior