Long-lasting inhibitory avoidance acquisition in rats submitted to the elevated T-maze model of anxiety

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-64

  Sanson, Luciana T ^a   Carobrez, Antonio P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated T maze; Inhibitory avoidance; Learning; Memory; Ontogeny; Rat; Risk assessment behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0033135162     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00140-5     Document Type: Article

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