The rat exposure test: A model of mouse defensive behaviors

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 465-473

  Yang, Mu ^a,b   Augustsson, Hanna ^c   Markham, Chris M ^a,b   Hubbard, David T ^a,b   Webster, Dylan ^b   Wall, Phillip M ^a,b   Blanchard, Robert J ^a,b   Blanchard, D Caroline ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; BALB c; C57BL 6; CD 1; Defensive behavior; Mouse; Rat exposure test; Risk assessment; Swiss Webster

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; HABITUATION; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VARIANCE;

EID: 2342573559     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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