Long-term effects of early diazepam exposure on social differentiation in adult male rats subjected to the diving-for-food situation

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1209-1217

  Schroeder, Henri ^a,c   Toniolo, A M ^a   Nehlig, A ^a,b   Desor, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031772074     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.112.5.1209     Document Type: Article

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