Thermal stress decreases general motor activity of rats in the elevated plus-maze but does not alter aversion to the open arms

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-139

  Martinez, R C R ^a   Garcia, A M B ^a   Lamprea, M R ^b   Morato, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; Exploratory behavior; General motor activity; Housing; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEAD MOVEMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; RUNNING; STRETCHING; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; HEAT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34447264428     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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