Assessing nest building in mice - Nature Protocols
2006年8月24日 · For small rodents, nests are important in heat conservation as well as reproduction and shelter. Nesting is easily measured in the home cages of mice, particularly …
Nest Building as an Indicator of Health and Welfare in Laboratory Mice
Here we demonstrate the utility of nest building behavior in laboratory mice as an ethologically relevant indicator of welfare. The methods presented can be successfully used to identify …
Assessing nest building in mice - PubMed
For small rodents, nests are important in heat conservation as well as reproduction and shelter. Nesting is easily measured in the home cages of mice, particularly with the advent of pressed …
Activation of lateral preoptic neurons is associated with nest-building …
2024年4月9日 · Our findings suggest the possibility that GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in the LPOA are associated with nest-building behavior in male mice. Nest-building behavior is a …
The Nest Building Test in Mice for Assessment of General Well …
This chapter presents a method for assessing general behavior, well-being, and sensorimotor gating. A detailed protocol is given for assessment of nest building performance in female …
Burrowing and nest building behavior as indicators of well-being in mice
2014年8月30日 · Nest building and burrowing are spontaneous home cage behaviors of mice. Both behaviors reflect easy-to-quantify activities of daily living. Reduction of performance …
Nest Building Behavior as an Early Indicator of Behavioral Deficits in Mice
2019年10月19日 · Nest building is an innate behavior in male and female rodents, even when raised in laboratory settings. As such, many researchers provide rodents synthetic and/or …
The Nest Building Test in Mice for Assessment of General Well …
2018年12月11日 · This chapter presents a method for assessing general behavior, well-being, and sensorimotor gating. A detailed protocol is given for assessment of nest building …
Anecdotal reports by animal care staff indicate that ill mice are not found within the nest and do not nest build. We hypothesized that both nest shape and whether or not ill mice were found …
An environmental enrichment model for mice - Nature Protocols
2010年8月12日 · In this protocol, we describe a simple environmental enrichment strategy for the induction of a robust and replicable anxiolytic-like effect in mice. We provide detailed …