Applying the ethoexperimental approach to neurodevelopmental syndrome research reveals exaggerated defensive behavior in Mecp2 mutant mice - Pearson, Brandon L.; Defensor, Erwin B.; Caroline Blanchard, D.; Blanchard, Robert J. (Physiology & behavior, 2015)
Keywords: aggression; Aggression - physiology; Analysis of Variance; Animals; anxiety; Anxiety - etiology; Anxiety - genetics; Autism; Defense; defensive behavior; Disease Models, Animal; Escape Reaction - physiology; Ethoexperimental approach; Fear; fearfulness; genes; Locomotion - genetics; Male; males; Maze Learning - physiology; MECP2; Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2 - genetics; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Transgenic; mutants; mutation; Mutation - genetics; Psychiatry; Rett syndrome; Rett Syndrome - complications; Rett Syndrome - genetics; risk assessment; transcription (genetics); transcription factors; MECP2; Autism; Fear; Ethoexperimental approach; Defense; Rett syndrome