Illumination has no effect on rats' behavior in the elevated plus-maze

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1175-1177

  Becker, Axel ^a   Grecksch, Gisela ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; Illumination; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; AVERSION; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0029994082     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02224-4     Document Type: Article

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