Perspective abstract
Nature Neuroscience 7, 462 - 466 (2004)
Published online: 27 April 2004 | doi:10.1038/nn1225
Neurobehavioral assessment in the information age
Laurence H Tecott1 & Eric J Nestler2
Abstract
The elucidation of the human and mouse genomes provides new opportunities for exploring the genetic underpinnings of complex mammalian behaviors. This information also provides new windows into the pathophysiology and treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases. Optimal use of the rapidly escalating numbers of mouse lines engineered for these purposes is hindered, however, by practical and theoretical limitations of common behavioral analyses. New strategies combining automated behavioral monitoring and information technologies are currently under development in both academic and industrial settings. These hold promise, both for improving the throughput of mouse behavioral assessment and for providing new insights into the neurobiology of mammalian behavioral regulation.
- Laurence H. Tecott is at the Center for Neurobiology & Psychiatry and Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 401 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California 94143-0984, USA.
- Eric J. Nestler is in the Department of Psychiatry and Center for Basic Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9070, USA.
Correspondence to: Laurence H Tecott1 e-mail: tecott@itsa.ucsf.edu
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