A genetic and multifactorial analysis of anxiety-related behaviours in Lewis and SHR intercrosses

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 195-205

  Ramos, André ^a,b   Mellerin, Yannick ^a   Mormède, Pierre ^a   Chaouloff, Francis ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavior genetics; Elevated plus maze; Emotionality; Factor analysis; Lewis; Open field; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED SHR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032211339     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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