Anxiolytic effect of music depends on ovarian steroid in female mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-59

  Chikahisa, Sachiko ^a   Sano, Atsuko ^a   Kitaoka, Kazuyoshi ^a   Miyamoto, Ken Ichi ^a   Sei, Hiroyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Anxiety; Female mice; Music; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; ESTRADIOL; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; MUSIC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WHITE NOISE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ESTRADIOL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33947315129     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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