Morphological, physiological and behavioural evaluation of a 'Mice in Space' housing system

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 519-533

  Blottner, Dieter ^a   Serradj, Najet ^b   Salanova, Michele ^a   Touma, Chadi ^c   Palme, Rupert ^d   Silva, Mitchell ^e   Aerts, Jean Marie ^e   Berckmans, Daniel ^e   Vico, Laurence ^f   Liu, Yi ^g   Giuliani, Alessandra ^h   Rustichelli, Franco ^h   Cancedda, Ranieri ^g   Jamon, Marc ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e Faculty of Applied Biosciences and Engineering   (Belgium)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal housing and cage; Behaviour; Genetically engineered animal models; Mouse physiology; Musculoskeletal system; Spaceflight; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 65249134260     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0330-4     Document Type: Article

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