Evaluation of tail biopsy collection in laboratory mice (Mus musculus): Vertebral ossification, DNA quantity, and acute behavioral responses

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 10-18

  Hankenson, F Claire ^a   Garzel, Laura M ^b   Fischer, David D ^c   Nolan, Bonnie ^d   Hankenson, Kurt D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BEHAVIOR; BIOPSY; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; HISTOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TAIL; VERTEBRA;

AGING; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOPSY; DNA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OSTEOGENESIS; SPINE; TAIL;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 58149218307     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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