Influence of age on behavioural response in the light/dark paradigm

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 567-570

  Hascoët, Martine ^a   Colombel, Marie Claude ^a   Bourin, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Light dark paradigm; Maturity; Mice; Weight

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MATURITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033048318     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00333-3     Document Type: Article

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