Effects of cage density on behavior in young adult mice

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-359

  Davidson, Lauren P ^a,d   Chedester, Alan L ^b   Cole, Marlene N ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LITTER SIZE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; REARING; SKILL; WEANING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34548850055     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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