Investigation of prepubertal sex differences in wheel running and social behavior in three mouse strains

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 177-187

  Gordon, Elizabeth A ^a   Corbitt, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism behavioral assay; Juvenile mice; Sexually dimorphic behavior; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951567769     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-015-0429-5     Document Type: Article

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