Experimenter effects on behavioral test scores of eight inbred mouse strains under the influence of ethanol

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 272, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-54

  Bohlen, Martin ^a,b   Hayes, Erika R ^a   Bohlen, Benjamin ^a   Bailoo, Jeremy D ^a   Crabbe, John C ^c   Wahlsten, Douglas ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerating rotarod; Balance beam; Grip strength; Laboratory environment; Motor coordination; Open field activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR TEST; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODOR; PERSONNEL; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODORS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST;

EID: 84904244573     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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