Housing environment influences the need for pain relief during post-operative recovery in mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 663-668

  Pham, T M ^a   Hagman, B ^b   Codita, A ^a   Van Loo, P L P ^c,d   Strommer L ^b   Baumans, V ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Mice; Pain relief; Post operative recovery; Self administration; Social housing

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; IPREN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRINKING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IBUPROFEN; ISOFLURANE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77950371055     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.01.038     Document Type: Article

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