Social learning of a food preference in male and female Mongolian gerbils is facilitated by the anxiolytic, chlordiazepoxide

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 575-584

  Choleris, Elena ^a,c   Valsecchi, Paola ^a   Wang, Yong ^b   Ferrari, Paola ^a   Kavaliers, Martin ^c   Mainardi, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety Behavioral interactions; Benzodiazepines; Chlordiazepoxide; Feeding; Food intake; Gerbils; Neophobia; Sex differences; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GERBIL; MALE; NEOPHOBIA; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GERBILLINAE; LEARNING; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032100526     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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