Effect of access to a running wheel on behavior of C57BL/6J mice

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 401-405

  Harri, Mikko ^a   Lindblom, Juha ^a   Malinen, Hanna ^a   Hyttinen, Mika ^a   Lapveteläinen, Tuomo ^a   Eskola, Satu ^a   Helminen, Heikki J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GROOMING; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RUNNING; SLEEP TIME; TREADMILL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032824453     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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