Effects of routine procedures on cardiovascular parameters of Sprague-Dawley rats in periods of activity and rest

Journal of Experimental Animal Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 181-190

  Schnecko, Anke ^a   Witte, Klaus ^a   Lemmer, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity; Blood pressure; Cage change; Handling; Heart rate; Rats; Stress; Vehicle injection

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; HEART RATE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0031917113     PISSN: 09398600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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