Behavioral thermoregulatory responses of single- and group-housed mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-262

  Gordon, Christopher J ^a   Becker, Peggy ^a   Ali, Joseph S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal housing; Behavioral thermoregulation; Motor activity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOUSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0031737259     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00148-6     Document Type: Article

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