Spatio-temporal analysis of locomotion in BALB/cByJ and C57BL/6J mice in different environmental conditions

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 365-372

  Lepicard, Eve M ^a,b   Venault, Patrice ^b   Abourachid, Anick ^c   Pellé, Eric ^c   Chapouthier, Georges ^b   Gasc, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Environment; Gait; Inbred strains of mice; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; GAIT; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 30744458568     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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