Effect of predatory stress on sucrose intake and behavior on the plus-maze in male mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Calvo Torrent, Angels ^a   Brain, Paul F ^b   Martinez, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Anxiety; Mice; Plus maze; Predatory stress; Sucrose intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HABITUATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SUGAR INTAKE;

EID: 0032778303     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00051-7     Document Type: Article

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