The balance between approach and avoidance behaviors in a novel object exploration paradigm in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 341-349

  Powell, Susan B ^a   Geyer, Mark A ^a   Gallagher, David ^a   Paulus, Martin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance; C57BL 6J mice; Exploratory behavior; Handling; Locomotion; Novel object; Novelty seeking; Open field

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942617192     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.10.020     Document Type: Article

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