Pharmacological Modulation of Stress Reactivity Dissociates General Learning Ability From the Propensity for Exploration

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 949-964

  Grossman, Henya C ^a   Hale, Gregory ^a   Light, Kenneth ^a   Kolata, Stefan ^a   Townsend, David A ^a   Goldfarb, Yael ^a   Kusnecov, Alex ^a   Matzel, Louis D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiolytics; exploration; learning; novelty seeking; stress

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; SEDATION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROSHOCK; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PAIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SMELL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35748972384     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.121.5.949     Document Type: Article

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