Postnatal exposure to synthetic predator odor (TMT) induces quantitative modification in fear-related behaviors during adulthood without change in corticosterone levels

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-62

  Hacquemand, R ^a   Pourie, G ^a   Jacquot, L ^a   Brand, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosterone level; Fear related behavior; Postnatal exposure; Predator odor; TMT

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; WATER;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEAR; FEMALE; INHALATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDATOR STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEAR; MICE; ODORS;

EID: 77955842744     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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