Exposure of mice to a predator odor increases acoustic startle but does not disrupt the rewarding properties of VTA intracranial self-stimulation

Brain Research

Volumn 982, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-210

  Hebb, Andrea L O ^a,c   Zacharko, Robert M ^a   Gauthier, Michelle ^a   Drolet, Guy ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Anxiety; Butyric acid; Fox odor; ICSS; Motivation; Stressor duration; Stressor severity; TMT

Indexed keywords

2,5 DIHYDRO 2,4,5 TRIMETHYLTHIAZOLINE; BUTYRIC ACID; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEAR; FOX; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0142070826     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)03008-7     Document Type: Article

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