Cage change influences serum corticosterone and anxiety-like behaviors in the mouse

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-483

  Rasmussen, Skye ^a   Miller, Melinda M ^a   Filipski, Sarah B ^a   Tolwani, Ravi J ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CORTICOSTERONE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; TIME FACTORS;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80755152298     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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