Previous Experience Affects Subsequent Anxiety-Like Responses in Rats Bred for Novelty Seeking

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1113-1118

  Ballaz, Santiago J ^a   Akil, Huda ^a   Watson, Stanley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; elevated plus maze; learning; light dark box; novelty seeking behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; RATS;

EID: 35448990667     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.121.5.1113     Document Type: Article

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