The benzodiazepine brotizolam reduces fear in calves exposed to a novel object test

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-314

  Van Reenen, C G ^a   Hopster, H ^a   Van der Werf, J T N ^a   Engel, B ^a   Buist, W G ^a   Jones, R B ^b   Blokhuis, H J ^c   Korte, S M ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Behavior; Benzodiazepines; Calves; Cortisol; Fear; Heart rate; Novelty

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BROTIZOLAM; HYDROCORTISONE; MEDERANTIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AZEPINES; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LOCOMOTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 58149483719     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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