Combination of open field and elevated plus-maze: A suitable test battery to assess strain as well as treatment differences in rat behavior

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1197-1215

  Schmitt, Ulrich ^a   Hiemke, Christoph ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Enriched open field; Handling; Open field; Rat strains; Tranquilizer

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZOLPIDEM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ETHOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 0032191601     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(98)00051-7     Document Type: Article

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