Predator odor avoidance as a rodent model of anxiety: Learning-mediated consequences beyond the initial exposure

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-445

  Staples, Lauren G ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cat odor; Context conditioning; Ferret odor; Habituation dishabituation; One trial tolerance; Sensitization; TMT

Indexed keywords

2,5 DIHYDRO 2,4,5 TRIMETHYLTHIAZOLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOSB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CAT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FERRET; FOX; HABITUATION; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; LEARNING; MENTAL STRESS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY NUCLEUS; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT STRAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CATS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RATS; SMELL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78149407173     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.09.009     Document Type: Review

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