Simulating the fine-branch arboreal niche and exercising mice to elicit above-branch quadrupedal grasping and climbing

Lab Animal

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 369-374

  Byron, Craig D ^a   Knight, William ^a   Ladson, Shep ^a   Kunz, Hawley ^a   Elliot, Leighton ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 70350337806     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban1109-369     Document Type: Article

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