The effects of chronic treadmill and wheel running on behavior in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1019, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 84-96

  Burghardt, Paul R ^a   Fulk, Laura J ^b   Hand, Gregory A ^b   Wilson, Marlene A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned freezing; Defensive behavior; Elevated plus maze; Exercise; Motivation and emotion; Neural basis of behavior; Open field; Rat; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUNNING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TIME; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANIMALS; EXERCISE TEST; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4043055734     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.05.086     Document Type: Article

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