Differences in fear motivated behaviors among inbred mouse strains

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 323-331

  Trullas, Ramon ^a,b   Skolnick, Phil ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Elevated maze; Fear; Hyponeophagia; Inbred mouse strains; Open field activity; Startle response; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEAR; HEREDITY; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMAL; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTIVATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0027273662     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02244948     Document Type: Article

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