Influence of gender and behavioural lateralisation on two exploratory models of anxiety in C3H mice

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-42

  Mrabet, O ^a   Es Salah, Z ^a   Telhiq, A ^a   Aubert, A ^b   Liege S ^c   Choulli, K ^a   Neveu, P J ^c  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b Parc de Grandmont 37200 ^*  (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Behavioural lateralisation; Emotionality; Gender; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY;

EID: 0034718978     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(00)00106-6     Document Type: Article

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