Effect of cage population density on plasma corticosterone and peripheral lymphocyte populations of laboratory mice

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 302-306

  Peng, X ^a   Lang, C M ^a   Drozdowicz, C K ^a   Ohlsson Wilhelm, B M ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CAGE POPULATION DENSITY; LYMPHOCYTE POPULATIONS; MICE; PLASMA CORTICOSTERONE

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CAGE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HOUSING; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE; CROWDING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024387102     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: 17581117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367789780746042     Document Type: Article

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