Protocol to refine intestinal motility test in mice

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-260

  Marona, Hérida Regina Nunes ^a   Lucchesi, Maria Beatriz Bastos ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; In vivo test; Intestinal motility; Loperamide

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TIME;

ANIMAL USE ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CHARCOAL; FASTING; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MICE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3242664151     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367704323133637     Document Type: Article

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