Individually ventilated cages cause chronic low-grade hypoxia impacting mice hematologically and behaviorally

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 951-958

  York, Jason M ^a   McDaniel, Allison W ^a   Blevins, Neil A ^a   Guillet, Riley R ^a   Allison, Sarah O ^a   Cengel, Keith A ^b   Freund, Gregory G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Anhedonia; Blood; Depression; Housing; Hypoxia; Locomotor; Novel object; Social exploration

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; SACCHARIN;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMIDITY; HYPOXIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRINKING; EATING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; TASTE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84863878806     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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