Advantages of mixed effects models over traditional ANOVA models in developmental studies: A worked example in a mouse model of fetal alcohol syndrome

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 664-674

  Wainwright, Patricia E ^a   Leatherdale, Scott T ^b   Dubin, Joel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain and behavioral development; Hierarchical data; Litter effects; Mice; Mixed effect models; Prenatal ethanol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DEXTRIN; INDOMETACIN; MALTOSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; INDOMETHACIN; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 35649000336     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20245     Document Type: Article

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