Location- and sex-specific differences in weight and motor coordination in two commonly used mouse strains

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kovács, Attila D ^a   Pearce, David A ^a,b  

^a SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; ROTAROD TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84880118757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02116     Document Type: Article

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