MPD: Rhodes1: animal documentation

Rhodes1 animal documentation

Exercise-induced hippocampal neurogenesis in adults of 12 diverse strains of mice (2010)

Rhodes JS, Clark PJ
With: Kohman RA, Miller DS, Bhattacharya TK, Brezinska WJ

Rhodes1_Animal

Acclimation and testing periods

Vendor Mice were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory JAX® (Bar Harbor, ME)

Ages

5 wks of age upon arrival to the animal facility

Acclimation Acclimated to AAALAC approved Beckman Institute Animal Facility for 3 wks before study begun

Feed

Chow diet (Harlan Teklad 7012) given ad libitum

Water

Ad libitum

Housing
Mice were housed 4 per cage by sex and strain in standard polycarbonate shoebox cages with Â¼ inch of corncob bedding (Harlan 7097 Teklad, Madison, Wisconsin, USA) for 3 wks until they were individually housed either in activity home cages (without wheels) or cages with wheels.

Bedding

Corncob bedding

Photoperiod

12-h L:D; lights on at 7 am and off at 7 pm

Temperature

22 +/- 1.0°C

Health status

All procedures were approved by the University of Illinois Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and adhered to NIH guidelines. All efforts were made to minimize the number of animals used and their suffering.

Vendor	Mice were obtained from The Jackson Laboratory JAX® (Bar Harbor, ME)
Ages	5 wks of age upon arrival to the animal facility
Acclimation	Acclimated to AAALAC approved Beckman Institute Animal Facility for 3 wks before study begun
Feed	Chow diet (Harlan Teklad 7012) given ad libitum
Water	Ad libitum
Housing	Mice were housed 4 per cage by sex and strain in standard polycarbonate shoebox cages with Â¼ inch of corncob bedding (Harlan 7097 Teklad, Madison, Wisconsin, USA) for 3 wks until they were individually housed either in activity home cages (without wheels) or cages with wheels.
Bedding	Corncob bedding
Photoperiod	12-h L:D; lights on at 7 am and off at 7 pm
Temperature	22 +/- 1.0°C
Health status	All procedures were approved by the University of Illinois Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and adhered to NIH guidelines. All efforts were made to minimize the number of animals used and their suffering.