Fischer (F-344) rats have different morphology, sensorimotor and locomotor abilities compared to Lewis, Long-Evans, Sprague-Dawley and Wistar rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 143-156

  Webb, Aubrey A ^a,c   Gowribai, Krishnamoorthy ^a   Muir, Gillian D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ground reaction forces; Kinematics; Locomotion; Von Frey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; FORCE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HYPOTHESIS; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; LONG BONE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REARING; SENSATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0041386187     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00076-7     Document Type: Article

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