Individually ventilated cages impose cold stress on laboratory mice: A source of systemic experimental variability

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 738-744

  David, John M ^a   Knowles, Scott ^a   Lamkin, Donald M ^b   Stout, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CAGE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDIVIDUAL VENTILATED CAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; RED TRANSLUCENT IGLOO SHAPED SHELTER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATIC CAGE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR METABOLISM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84888881657     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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