Influence of age on reactivity to diverse emotional challenges in low- and high-anxiety rats

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-83

  de Oliveira, Luciana C ^a   Gomes, Margareth Z ^a   Brandão, Marcus L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Fear potentiated startle; Pathological anxiety; Trait anxiety; Ultrasound vocalizations

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78650179278     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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