Effect of different illumination levels on rat behavior in the elevated plus-maze

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-270

  Garcia, Andrea Milena Becerra ^a   Cardenas, Fernando Parra ^a   Morato, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aversion; Aversion threshold; Elevated plus maze; Environmental illumination; Light triggered aversion; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 20544447123     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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