Effects of an early handling-like procedure and individual housing on anxiety-like behavior in adult C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Flanigan, Timothy J ^a   Cook, Melloni N ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; WEANING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DBA MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA;

EID: 79955432543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019058     Document Type: Article

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