Rearing environmental enrichment in two inbred strains of mice: 1. Effects on emotional reactivity

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-46

  Chapillon, P ^a   Manneche C ^a   Belzung, C ^b   Caston, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

BALB c; C57BL 6; Environmental enrichment; State anxiety; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033060934     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021437905913     Document Type: Article

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