Model behavior animal experiments, complexity, and the genetics of psychiatric disorders

Model behavior animal experiments, complexity, and the genetics of psychiatric disorders

Mice are used as model organisms across a wide range of fields in science today-but it is far from obvious how studying a mouse in a maze can help us understand human problems like alcoholism or anxiety. How do scientists convince funders, fellow scientists, the general public, and even themselves t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Nicole C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Behavior genetics > Research.
Animal models in research.
Mental illness > Animal models.
Mice as laboratory animals.
Behavior genetics > Methodology.
Behavior genetics.
Laboratory animals.
Diseases > Animal models.
Genetics, Behavioral
Animals, Laboratory
Disease Models, Animal
Génétique du comportement > Recherche.
Modèles animaux dans la recherche.
Maladies mentales > Modèles animaux.
Souris (Animal de laboratoire)
Génétique du comportement > Méthodologie.
Génétique du comportement.
Animaux de laboratoire.
Maladies > Modèles animaux.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Verhaltensgenetik
Tiermodell
Verhaltenspsychologie
Tierversuch
EBSCO eBooks
Electronic books.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a furry, one-ounce human?
  • Containing complexities in the animal behavior genetics laboratory
  • Animal behavior genetics, the past and the future
  • Building epistemic scaffolds for modeling work
  • Epistemic by-products: learning about environments while studying genetics
  • Understanding binge drinking
  • Leaving the laboratory
  • Conclusion: an expanded vocabulary for the laboratory.

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