Influence of gender and age on performance of rats in the elevated plus maze apparatus

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 177-180

  Imhof, Jania T ^a   Coelho, Zuleide M I ^a   Schmitt, Marcelo L ^a   Morato, Gina S ^a   Carobrez, Antonio P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Elevated plus maze anxiety; Ontogenesis; Rat; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027424374     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(93)90036-P     Document Type: Article

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