Influence of the estrous cycle on the behavior of rats in the elevated T-maze

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-171

  Gouveia Jr , Amauri ^a   Dos Santos, Ubirajara D ^b   Felisbino, Fabrício E ^b   De Afonseca, Taciana L ^a   Antunes, Gabriela ^a   Morato, Silvio ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated T maze; Estrous cycle; Hormones; Rats; Sexual differences

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEAR; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEASUREMENT; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; RAT; RECORDING; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042835303     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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