Gender and cognitive aspects of neonatal and juvenile neuromuscular locomotor development of F1 hybrid mice in swim tests

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-33

  Adencreutz, M ^a   Hau, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognition; Gender; Mouse; Neuromuscular locomotor development; Swim test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX ROLE; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWIMMING; WATER IMMERSION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWIMMING; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 42249103455     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2007.06038e     Document Type: Article

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