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Behavioral development in mice selected for differences in brain weight
Author(s) -
Fuller John L.,
Geils Helen D.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420060511
Subject(s) - body weight , brain size , brain development , psychology , brain morphometry , neuroscience , physiology , biology , developmental psychology , endocrinology , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology
Mouse pups from the SEL‐16 lines which have been selected for high or low brain weight differed from unselected controls in body size and intensity of some behaviors, particularly between 4 and 10 days of age. The differences were not related in a simple manner to brain size nor to brain growth patterns previously described by the authors. A hypothesis of pleiotropic effects of “brain weight genes” upon behavior is not supported by the data.