The effects of prolonged rose odor inhalation in two animal models of anxiety

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 931-938

  Bradley, B F ^a   Starkey, N J ^b   Brown, S L ^a   Lea, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Black white box; Diazepam; Elevated plus maze; Essential oil; Gerbils; Rose oil

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ROSE OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERBIL; INHALATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST;

EID: 36048941027     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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