Modulation of aggression in male mice: Influence of group size and cage size

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 675-683

  Van Loo, Pascalle L P ^a   Mol, Jan A ^a   Koolhaas, Jaap M ^b   Van Zutphen, Bert F M ^a   Baumans, Vera ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cage size; Crowding; Group size; Mice; Welfare

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BITE WOUND; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STRESS; TESTIS WEIGHT; THYMUS;

EID: 0035031997     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00425-5     Document Type: Article

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