The laboratory mouse
Among animals used in research, teaching and testing, mice are now widely recognized as the most important model for human diseases and disorders. They comprise the majority of all experimental mammals and tend to be the model of choice used for research into many diseases/disorders including cancer...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Elsevier Academic Press
c2004, 2004
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| Series: | The handbook of experimental animals
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Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- pt. 1. History, development and genetics of the mouse as a laboratory model
- pt. 2. Anatomy and developmental biology
- pt. 3. Pathophysiology (including non-infectious diseases)
- pt. 4. Infectious agents and diseases
- pt. 5. Animal husbandry and production
- pt. 6. Procedures
- History, Development and Genetics of the Mouse as a Laboratory Model
- Origin of the Laboratory Mouse and Related
- Historical Foundations
- Strain, Stock and Mutants
- Mouse Genomics
- Generation of Mouse Mutants by Sequence Information Driven and Random Mutagenesis
- The Mouse as an Animal Model for Human Diseases
- The Mouse in Preclinical Safety Studies
- Anatomy and Developmental Biology
- Gross Anatomy
- Normative Histology of Organs
- Imaging
- Introduction to Early Mouse Development
- Pathophysiology (including non-infectious diseases)
- Skin and Adnexes of the Laboratory Mouse
- Cardiovascular System
- Respiratory Tract
- Gastrointestinal System and Metabolism
- Inbred Mouse Models for Autoimmune Disease
- Hematology of the Mouse
- The Social Behaviour of Mice and its Sensory Control
- Neuroendocrine Immune Network in Stress
- Circadian Rhythms of the Mouse
- Gerontology
- Diversity of Spontaneous Neoplasms in Commonly Used Inbred Strains and Stock o