Changes of intertrial response rate with elapse of time after two-way avoidance trial in rats

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-47

  Zieliński, Kazimierz ^a   Nikolaev, Eugeniusz ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

fear; intertrial interval duration; intertrial response rate; rat; safety; stimulus modality; two way avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RAT; SAFETY;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEAR; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031053348     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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