Female C57BL/6 mice show consistent individual differences in spontaneous interaction with environmental enrichment that are predicted by neophobia

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Walker, Michael D ^a   Mason, Georgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Environmental enrichment; Mice; Neophobia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; INDIVIDUALITY; MOUSE; NEOPHOBIA; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 79960250476     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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