Corticosterone differences rather than social housing predict performance of T-maze alternation in male CD-I mice

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-31

  Fitchett, A E ^a,b   Barnard, C J ^b   Cassaday, Helen J ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; CD I mouse; Social housing; Social rank; T maze alternation; Urinary corticosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; INFRASPECIFIC RANK; MALE; MALE ANIMAL; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 59849090790     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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