Assessment of mouse anxiety-like behavior in the light-dark box and open-field arena: Role of equipment and procedure

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-38

  Kulesskaya, Natalia ^a   Voikar, Vootele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety like behavior; Inbred strains; Light dark box; Mice; Open field

Indexed keywords

129 MOUSE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; C57BL 6 MOUSE; DBA 2 MOUSE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SENSOR; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; DARK ADAPTATION; DBA MOUSE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BODY WEIGHT; DARK ADAPTATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFRARED RAYS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, INBRED ICR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84901242864     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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