Light Phase Testing of Social Behaviors: Not a Problem

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-191

  Yang, Mu ^a   Weber, Michael D ^a   Crawley, Jacqueline N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

circadian cycles; inbred mouse strains; light phase testing; nocturnal; social behaviors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77953748448     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.01.029.2008     Document Type: Review

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