Stress and emotionality: A multidimensional and genetic approach

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-57

  Ramos, André ^a,b   Mormède, Pierre ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavioural tests; Emotionality; Factor analysis; Genetic models; Interstrain differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; EMOTIONALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAZE TEST; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0344765511     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00001-8     Document Type: Article

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