Interactions between housing density and ambient temperature in the cage environment:effects on mouse physiology and behavior

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 708-717

  Toth, Linda A ^a   Trammell, Rita A ^a   Ilsley Woods, Megan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; CHEMOKINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERTHERMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; EATING; FECES; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; EATING; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84950124829     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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