Differences in anxiety-related behaviors and in sensitivity to diazepam in inbred and outbred strains of mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-170

  Griebel, Guy ^a   Belzung, Catherine ^b   Perrault, Ghislaine ^a   Sanger, David J ^a  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Benzodiazepine; Diazepam; Elevated plus maze; Inbred and outbred mouse strains; Light dark test

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 0033975193     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050038     Document Type: Article

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