22-kHz Ultrasonic vocalization in rats as an index of anxiety but not fear: Behavioral and pharmacological modulation of affective state

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-72

  Jelen, Piotr ^a,b   Soltysik, Stefan ^c   Zagrodzka, Jolanta ^d  

^a JÓZEF PI SUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Anxiogenic drugs; Anxiolytic drugs; Fear; Inhibition of fear; Rat; Ultrasonic vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BUSPIRONE; DIAZEPAM; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; PENTETRAZOLE;

AFFECT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; HAZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUSPIRONE; CARBOLINES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAZEPAM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEAR; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0037451844     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00321-2     Document Type: Article

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