Resting is rusting: A critical view on rodent wheel-running behavior

Neuroscientist

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 313-325

  Richter, Sophie Helene ^a   Gass, Peter ^a   Fuss, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

addiction; mice; physical exercise; rodents; stereotypies; wheel running

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904331784     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858413516798     Document Type: Review

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