Lesions of the dorsal lateral septum do not affect neophagia in the novelty induced suppression of feeding paradigm but reduce defensive behaviours in the elevated plus maze and shock probe burying tests

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 362-366

  Chee, San San A ^a   Menard, Janet L ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Lateral septum; Neophagia; Novelty induced suppression of feeding; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DORSAL LATERAL SEPTUM; EATING DISORDER; EXCITOTOXICITY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NOVELTY INDUCED SUPPRESSION OF FEEDING PARADIGM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; VENTRAL LATERAL SEPTUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79953292288     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.02.027     Document Type: Article

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