Evidence that the behaviors in the mouse defense test battery relate to different emotional states: A factor analytic study

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1255-1260

  Griebel, Guy ^a   Blanchard, D Caroline ^b   Blanchard, Robert J ^b  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Defense threat attack; Factor analysis; Flight; Mouse defense test battery; Risk assessment; Swiss Webster mouse

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0343371336     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00230-2     Document Type: Article

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