The use of sodium lamps to brightly illuminate mouse houses during their dark phases

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 384-392

  McLennan, Ian S ^a   Taylor Jeffs, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Circadian; Nocturnal; Welfare monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CAGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLEANING; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MINOR SURGERY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; REM SLEEP; SODIUM LAMP; VISUAL FIELD; WAKEFULNESS; WHITE LIGHT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGHTING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHOTOPERIOD; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 5344247254     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0023677041958927     Document Type: Article

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