Rat aversion to isoflurane versus carbon dioxide

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wong, Devina ^a   Makowska, I Joanna ^a   Weary, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance; Euthanasia; Light dark box

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DARK; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; RODENT;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESCAPE REACTION; ISOFLURANE; LIGHT; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84872019178     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1000     Document Type: Article

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