An assessment of changes in open-field and elevated plus-maze behavior following heat stress in rats

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 127-134

  Sinha, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Ray, Amit Kumar ^b  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Behavior; Elevated plus maze (EPM); Heat stress; Open field (OF)

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROOMING; HEAT STRESS; IMMOBILIZATION; INCUBATOR; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; RAT; REARING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750061933     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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