Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS
Volume 150B, Issue 1, Pages 1-11Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30777
Keywords
mouse; model; behavior; phenotyping
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- National Institute of Mental Health
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Animal models of human diseases are in widespread use for biomedical research. Mouse models with a mutation in a single gene or multiple genes are excellent research tools for understanding the role of a specific gene in the etiology of a human genetic disease. Ideally, the mouse phenotypes will recapitulate the human phenotypes exactly. However, exact matches are rare, particularly in mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders. This article summarizes the current strategies for optimizing the validity of a mouse model of a human brain dysfunction. We address the common question raised by molecular geneticists and clinical researchers in psychiatry, what is a 'good enough' mouse model? Published 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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