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Differential effects of environmental enrichment for mice

Data suggest different ways [of] enrichment strategies may be affecting behavioral outcomes and disease progression in a transgenic mouse model.

Year Published: 2003Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Sorrells, A. S., Eckert, K. A., Fahey, A. G. et al. 2003. Differential effects of environmental enrichment for mice. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 132-133.

Higher heart rate of laboratory mice housed individually vs in pairs

Many studies have shown that housing mice individually over a long period significantly alters their physiology, but in most cases measurement has required human interference and restraint for sampling. Using a radio-telemetry system with implantable transmitters, we recorded heart rate...

Year Published: 2003Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Spani, D., Arras, M., Koenig, B. et al. 2003. Higher heart rate of laboratory mice housed individually vs in pairs. Laboratory Animals 37, 54-62.

Cage colour preferences and effects of home cage colour on anxiety in laboratory mice

Home cage colour had a significant effect on body weight and food consumption as well as on behaviour in a raised plus maze.

Year Published: 2003Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Sherwin, C. M., Glen, E. F. 2003. Cage colour preferences and effects of home cage colour on anxiety in laboratory mice . Animal Behaviour 66, 1085-1092.

Social context affects the motivation of laboratory mice (Mus musculus) to gain access to resources

The trained mice were housed with non-trained cage-mates in a start-cage that required them to perform the operant task to enter a resource-cage providing either additional space or a running wheel. The presence of cage-mates in the start-cage significantly decreased...

Year Published: 2003Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Sherwin, C. M. 2003. Social context affects the motivation of laboratory mice (Mus musculus) to gain access to resources. Animal Behaviour 66, 649-655.

Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research

Expanding on the National Research Council's Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, this book deals specifically with mammals in neuroscience and behavioral research laboratories. It offers flexible guidelines for the care of these animals, and guidance on...

Year Published: 2003Topics: Regulations & Ethical Review, Welfare AssessmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Cat, Chimpanzee, Chinchilla, Dog, Ferret, Gerbil, Guinea Pig, Hamster, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Mouse, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Other Rodent, Owl Monkey, Pig, Rabbit, Rat, Rodent, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: National Research Council. 2003. Guidelines for the Care and Use of Mammals in Neuroscience and Behavioral Research. National Academic Press: Washington, DC, 223 pp.

Acceleration of visual system development by environmental enrichment

Rearing mice from birth in an enriched environment leads to a conspicuous acceleration of visual system development as ascertained at behavioral, electrophysiological, and molecular level.

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Cancedda, L., Putignano, E., Sale, A. et al. 2004. Acceleration of visual system development by environmental enrichment. Journal of Neuroscience 24 , 4840-4848.

Environmental enrichment for mice

Behavioural responses of outbred and inbred mice to a range of potential enrichments (cloth impregnated with the smell of unfamiliar mice, hessian hammock, half a coconut shell, playback of bird song, control of standard cage) were studied. The results show...

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Brocklebank, S., Mendl, M., Nicol, C. J. et al. 2004. Environmental enrichment for mice. Proceedings of the International Congress on Applied Ethology, 240 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment in mice decreases anxiety, attenuates stress responses and enhances natural killer cell activity

The importance of environment in the regulation of brain, behaviour and physiology has long been recognized in biological, social and medical sciences. Animals maintained under enriched conditions have clearly been shown to have better learning abilities than those maintained under...

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Benaroya-Milshtein, N., Hollander, N., Apter, A. et al. 2004. Environmental enrichment in mice decreases anxiety, attenuates stress responses and enhances natural killer cell activity. European Journal of Neuroscience 20, 1341-1347.

The welfare of laboratory mice

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Baumans, V. 2004. The welfare of laboratory mice. In: The Welfare of Laboratory Animals. Kaliste, E. (ed), 119-152. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Age at group formation alters behavior and physiology in male but not female CD-1 mice

In the laboratory environment, rodents are usually housed in unisexual groups, which are assembled after weaning. Housing of unfamiliar subjects has been described, however, as a stressful social setting for rodents and other mammals. Aim of the present study was...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Bartolomucci, A., Chirieleison, A., Gioiosa, L. et al. 2004. Age at group formation alters behavior and physiology in male but not female CD-1 mice. Physiology and Behavior 82, 424-434.