Integrating the open field, elevated plus maze and light/dark box to assess different types of emotional behaviors in one single trial

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-288

  Ramos, André ^a   Pereira, Elayne ^a   Martins, Gisele C ^a   Wehrmeister, Thaize D ^a   Izídio, Geison S ^a  

^a Farmacêutica Bioquímica do Laboratório de Genética   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavior genetics; Elevated plus maze; Inbred strains; Light dark box; Open field; Rats

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTETRAZOLE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INBRED STRAIN; LEWIS RAT; LIGHT DARK BOX TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; EMOTIONS; ESCAPE REACTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MIDAZOLAM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 48749122262     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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