Anxiety responses in Balb/c, c57 and CD-1 mice exposed to a novel open space test

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 402-417

  Michalikova, S ^a,b   van Rensburg, R ^a,b   Chazot, P L ^b   Ennaceur, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Benzodiazepines; Fear; GABAA; Light dark box; Novelty; Open field; Plus maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CD 1 MOUSE; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK-TAKING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74449083393     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.10.028     Document Type: Article

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