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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 10, 519-529 (July 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrn2652
Tests to assess motor phenotype in mice: a user's guide
Simon P. Brooks1 & Stephen B. Dunnett1 About the authors
Abstract
The characterization of mouse models of human disease is essential for understanding the underlying pathophysiology and developing new therapeutics. Many diseases are often associated with more than one model, and so there is a need to determine which model most closely represents the disease state or is most suited to the therapeutic approach under investigation. In the case of neurological disease, motor tests provide a good read-out of neurological function. This overview of available motor tasks aims to aid researchers in making the correct choice of test when attempting to tease out a transgenic phenotype or when assessing the recovery of motor function following therapeutic intervention.
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Author affiliations
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The Brain Repair Group, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, South Wales, UK.
Email: brookssp@cf.ac.uk; Email: dunnett@cf.ac.uk
Published online 10 June 2009
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