Application of a radiotelemetry system for chronic measurement of blood pressure, heart rate, EEG, and activity in the chicken

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 963-969

  Savory, C John ^a   Kostal, Lubor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Arousal; Blood pressure; Chicken; Chronic monitoring; EEG; Heart rate; Physical activity; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART RATE; INSTRUMENT; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0030914788     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00016-4     Document Type: Article

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