There's no place like home: Cage odours and place preference in subordinate CD-1 male mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 955-962

  Fitchett, Ann E ^a   Barnard, Christopher J ^a   Cassaday, Helen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD 1 mouse; Conditioned place preference; Odour cues; Social rank

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SMELLING; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 33646164196     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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