Inbred roman high- and low-avoidance rats: Differences in anxiety, novelty-seeking, and shuttlebox behaviors

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-26

  Escorihuela, R M ^a   Fernandez Teruel A ^a   Gil, L ^a   Aguilar, R ^a   Tobena A ^a   Driscoll, P ^b  

^a Medical Psychology Unit   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Emotionality; Holeboard; Novelty reward seeking; Open field; Roman high and low avoidance inbred strains; Shuttlebox avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0345593807     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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