Behavioral profiles of two Wistar rat lines selectively bred for high or low anxiety-related behaviour

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 301-310

  Liebsch, Gudrun ^a   Montkowski, Alexandra ^a   Holsboer, Florian ^a   Landgraf, Rainer ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping strategy; Elevated plus maze; Emotionality; Forced swim test; Open field; Social discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 0031595180     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00198-8     Document Type: Article

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