Analyzing grooming microstructure in neurobehavioral experiments

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2538-2544

  Kalueff, Allan V ^a,b   Wayne Aldridge, J ^c   Laporte, Justin L ^a   Murphy, Dennis L ^a   Tuohimaa, Pentti ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; QUINPIROLE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DRUG EFFECT; GROOMING; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE;

2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-7,8-DIHYDROXY-1-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPINE; ACCLIMATIZATION; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; GROOMING; MICE; QUINPIROLE;

EID: 38449114489     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.367     Document Type: Article

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