The role of hair in swimming of laboratory mice: Implications for behavioural studies in animals with abnormal hair

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 370-376

  Kalueff, Allan V ^a,b   Tuohimaa, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behavioural test; Hair; Mice; Swimming

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; HAIR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RODENT; SKIN; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HAIR; MALE; MICE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 27644593777     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367705774286376     Document Type: Article

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