The Mouse in Biomedical Research: Normative Biology, Husbandry, and Models, Volume 3, Second Edition

This book includes 23 chapters that provide a broad overview on the laboratory mouse's normative biology, husbandry, and its use as a model in biomedical research. Includes chapters on behaviour, physiology, reproductive physiology, anatomy, endocrinology, haematology, and clinical chemistry. Other chapters cover management, nutrition, gnotobiotics and disease surveillance. There are also individual chapters describing the mouse as a model for the study of aging, eye research, neurodegenerative diseases, convulsive disorders, diabetes, and cardiovascular and skin diseases.

Table of Contents: Normative Biology: 1 Gross Anatomy; 2 Mouse Physiology; 3 Reproductive Biology of the Laboratory Mouse; 4 Endocrinology: Bone as a target tissue for hormonal regulation; 5 Hematology of the Laboratory Mouse; 6 Clinical Chemistry of the Laboratory Mouse; Management, Techniques, and Husbandry: 7 Gnotobiotics; 8 Management and Design: Breeding Facilities; 9 Design and Management of Research Facilities for Mice; 10 Nutrition; 11 Health Delivery and Quality Assurance Programs for Mice; 12 Environmental and Equipment Monitoring; 13 Biomethodology and Surgical Techniques; 14 In Vivo Whole-Body Imaging of the Laboratory Mouse; Use of Mice in Biomedical Research: 15 Behavioral Testing; 16 Cardiovascular Disease: Mouse Models of Atherosclerosis; 17 Convulsive Disorders; 18 Eye Research; 19 Genetic Analysis of Rodent Obesity and Diabetes; 20 Mouse Models in Aging Research; 21 Mouse Models of Inherited Human Neurodegenerative Disease; 22 Mouse Skin Ectodermal Organs; 23 Quality Control Testing of Biologicals.

Second Edition. 816 pages. Available as a Hardcover + eBook, Hardcover only, and as an eBook only. This title is the third (Volume 3) in a series of 4 volumes with a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of mouse biology and breeding. This textbook is sponsored by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM). Please see record numbers 6057, 6053 and 6082 for Volumes 1, 2 and 4 in this series. All four books in this series are also available as One Volume (2192 pages, ISBN: 0-12-369454-X, 2006). Published by Academic Press, now part of Elsevier. 

ISBN: Hardcover: 978-0-12-369457-7; eBook: 978-0-08-046907-2

Price: Hardcover +eBook: €200.00; Hardcover only: €150.00; eBook only: €150.00