Sex- and age-specific differences in core body temperature of C57Bl/6 mice

Age

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-99

  Sanchez Alavez, Manuel ^a   Alboni, Silvia ^b   Conti, Bruno ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender; Gonadectomy; Locomotor activity; Mouse; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79952535268     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-010-9164-6     Document Type: Article

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