Escape-related behaviours in an unstable elevated and exposed environment: I. A new behavioural model of extreme anxiety

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-126

  King, Sheila M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fight flight; Plus maze; Principal components analysis; Strain differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0344333421     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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