Chronic mild stress alleviates anxious behaviour in female mice in two situations

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-165

  Rossler A S ^a   Joubert, C ^a   Chapouthier, G ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic mild stress; Female mouse; Light dark discrimination; Staircase test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRESS;

EID: 0342757715     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(00)00080-2     Document Type: Article

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