Inconsistent effects of photoperiod manipulations in tests for affective-like changes in mice: Implications for the selection of appropriate model animals

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-30

  Flaisher Grinberg, Shlomit ^a   Gampetro, Darcie R ^a   Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^b   Einat, Haim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal models; Circadian rhythms; Depression; Diurnality; Mouse; Test battery

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RODENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SWIMMING;

EID: 78651389840     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e3283425012     Document Type: Article

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