A new universal rat restrainer for ophthalmic research

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Galichanin, Konstantin ^a,c   Wang, Jing ^a   Löfgren, Stefan ^b   Söderberg, Per ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

behaviour; daily immobilization; eye; lens; rat; restrainer; UVR B

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HABITUATION; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 79551570337     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01874.x     Document Type: Article

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