Genetic differences in the mouse defense test battery

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-31

  Griebel, Guy ^a   Sanger, David J ^a   Perrault, Ghislaine ^a  

^a SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Defensive behaviors; Defensive threat attack; Flight; Mice; Risk assessment; Strain comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031538796     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2337(1997)23:1<19::aid-ab3>3.0.co;2-o     Document Type: Article

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