Naked mole-rats: Behavioural phenotyping and comparison with C57BL/6 mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 193-200

  Deacon, R M J ^a   Dulu, T D ^b   Patel, N B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Burrowing; Cognition; Mice; Naked mole rats; NMR; Sensorimotor; Species typical

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; MALE; MAZE TEST; NAKED MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKIN SENSATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLE RATS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84859410606     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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