Behavioural characterization in rats using the elevated alley Suok test

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-57

  Kalueff, Allan V ^a,b   Minasyan, Anna ^a,b   Tuohimaa, Pentti ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated alley; Exploration; Motor incoordination; Rats; Stress; Suok test

Indexed keywords

PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ATAXIA; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 26944489233     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.06.037     Document Type: Article

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