Effect of fenbendazole on three behavioral tests in male C57BL/6N mice

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 821-825

  Gadad, Bharathi S ^a,c   Daher, João P L ^a,b   Hutchinson, Eric K ^a   Brayton, Cory F ^a   Dawson, Ted M ^a   Pletnikov, Mikhail V ^a   Watson, Julie ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; ROTAROD TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; FENBENDAZOLE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; TIME FACTORS;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78650811180     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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