Cage-induced stereotypies, perseveration and the effects of environmental enrichment in laboratory mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-68

  Gross, Alexandra N ^a,b   Richter, S Helene ^c   Engel, A Katarina J ^a   Würbel, Hanno ^d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviour; Basal ganglia dysfunction; Environmental enrichment; Laboratory mice; Perseveration; Stereotypy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICE; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84863499500     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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