The open field test

Neuromethods

Volumn 42, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-20

  Gould, Todd D ^a   Dao, David T ^a   Kovacsics, Colleen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Anxiety; Arena; Exploratory activity; Locomotion; Rodents; Thigmotaxis mouse

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANXIETY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFECATION; DRIVE; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; ILLUMINATION; LOCOMOTION; MOTIVATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NOISE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 70349845276     PISSN: 08932336     EISSN: 19406045     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-303-9_1     Document Type: Review

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