Behavioural and nociceptive response in male and female spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) upon exposure to snake odour

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Carere, C ^a,b   Casetti, R ^c   De Acetis, L ^d   Perretta, G ^c   Cirulli, F ^d   Alleva, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Lab Fisiopatol OS Ist S   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Fear; Predator stimulus; Risk assessment; Sex differences; Spiny mouse

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; RODENT; SNAKE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HOT PLATE TEST; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKE;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS;

EID: 0032879454     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(99)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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