Maternal behavior in female C57BL/6J and DBA/2J inbred mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 599-605

  Brown, Richard E ^a   Mathieson, W Bruce ^b   Stapleton, Jennifer ^a,b   Neumann, Paul E ^b  

^a Biostatistics   (Canada)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J mice; DBA 2J mice; Maternal behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LICKING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNIFFING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032855063     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00109-2     Document Type: Article

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