Effect of early malnutrition and environmental stimulation in the performance of rats in the elevated plus maze

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 286-289

  Pereira da Silva, Maria Surama ^a   Cabral Filho, José Eulálio ^b   de Oliveira, Luiz Marcellino ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; Environmental stimulation; Malnutrition; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALNUTRITION; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TACTILE STIMULATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MAZE LEARNING; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349301386     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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