Middle-aged mice with enrichment-resistant stereotypic behaviour show reduced motivation for enrichment
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عنوان ژورنال: Animal Behaviour
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0003-3472
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.06.008