Digging in mice: Marble burying, burrowing, and direct observation reveal changes in mouse behavior

Neuromethods

Volumn 42, Issue , 2009, Pages 37-45

  Deacon, Robert M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Digging; Lipopolysaccharide; LPS; Marble burying; Mice; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BURROWING SPECIES; BURROWING TEST; CAGE; DIGGING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HEXAPODA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 70349832242     PISSN: 08932336     EISSN: 19406045     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-303-9_3     Document Type: Article

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