References and Further Reading

 
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Berridge, K.C., Aldridge, J.W., Houchard, K.R., & Zhuang, X. (2005). Sequential super-stereotypy of an instinctive fixed action pattern in hyper-dopaminergic mutant mice: a model of obsessive compulsive disorder and Tourette's. BMC Biology, 3:4. (Link)
 
Berry, R. J. (1970). The natural history of the house mouse. Field Studies, 3, 219-262. (Link)
 
Brown, R. Z. (1953 ). Social Behavior, Reproduction, and Population Changes in the House Mouse (Mus musculus L.) Ecological Monographs, 23(3), 218-240. (Link)
 
Coutellier, L., Friedrich, A., Failing, K., & Wurbel, H. (2008). Variations in the postnatal maternal enviroment in mice: Effects on maternal behaviour and behavioural and endocrine responses in the adult offspring. Physiology & Behavior, 93, 395-407. (Link)
 
Crowcroft, P. (1966). Mice all over. London,: Foulis. (Link)
 
Crusio, W. E. (2001). Genetic dissection of mouse exploratory behaviour. Behavioural Brain Research, 125(1-2), 127-132. (Link)
 
Damato, F.R. (1993). Effect of familiarity with the mother and kinship on infanticidal and alloparental behavior in virgin house mice. Behaviour, 124, 313-326. (Link)
 
Deacon, R.M.J. (2006). Housing, husbandry and handling of rodents for behavioral experiments. Nature Protocols, 1, 936-946. (Link)
 
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Garner, J. P., Dufour, B., Gregg, L. E., Weisker, S. M., & Mench, J. A. (2004). Social and husbandry factors affecting the prevalence and severity of barbering ('whisker trimming') by laboratory mice. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 89(3-4), 263-282. (Link)
 
Garner, J.P., Mason, G. J., & Smith, R. (2003). Stereotypic route-tracing in experimentally caged songbirds correlates with general behavioural disinhibition. Animal Behaviour, 66 (4), 711-727. (Link)
 
Garner, J. P., & Mason, G. J. (2002). Evidence for a relationship between cage stereotypies and behavioural disinhibition in laboratory rodents. Behavioural Brain Research, 136(1), 83-92. (Link)
 
Garner, J. P., Weisker, S. M., Dufour, B., & Mench, J. A. (2004). Barbering (fur and whisker trimming) by laboratory mice as a model of human trichotillomania and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. Comp Med, 54(2), 216-224.
 
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Lee, C. T. (1972). Development of Nest-Building Behavior in Inbred Mice. Journal of General Psychology, 87(1), 13-21.
 
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