Urine Scent Marking (USM): A Novel Test for Depressive-Like Behavior and a Predictor of Stress Resiliency in Mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Lehmann, Michael L ^a   Geddes, Claire E ^a   Lee, Jennifer L ^a   Herkenham, Miles ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; URINALYSIS; URINE SCENT MARKING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84880488333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069822     Document Type: Article

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