Influence of a chronic ultramild stress procedure on decision-making in mice

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-177

  Pardon, Marie Christine ^a   Pérez Diaz, Fernando ^a   Joubert, Chantal ^a   Cohen Salmon, Charles ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Choice behavior; Decision making; Mice; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DBA MOUSE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034145780     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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