Assessing mouse behaviour throughout the light/dark cycle using automated in-cage analysis tools

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 300, Issue , 2018, Pages 37-47

  Bains, Rasneer S ^a   Wells, Sara ^a   Sillito, Rowland R ^b   Armstrong, J Douglas ^b,c   Cater, Heather L ^a   Banks, Gareth ^a   Nolan, Patrick M ^a  

^a MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b 205 Wilkie Building   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Home cage; Motor function; Refinement; Welfare; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; INBRED STRAIN; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; TIME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DEVICES; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RUNNING;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICE; PHOTOPERIOD; RUNNING;

EID: 85019594054     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.04.014     Document Type: Article

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