Resistance of experientially-induced changes in murine plus-maze behaviour to altered retest conditions

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-77

  Rodgers, R J ^a   Johnson, N J T ^a   Carr, J ^a   Hodgson, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavioural strategies; Elevated plus maze; Learning cues; Mice; Prior experience

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; FEAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; ORIENTATION; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030942280     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)02248-6     Document Type: Article

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