Strain and sex Differences in Anxiety-Like and Social Behaviors in C57Bl/6J and BALB/cJ Mice

Experimental Animals

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-123

  An, Xiao Lei ^a   Zou, Jun Xian ^a   Wu, Rui Yong ^a   Ying, Yang ^b   Tai, Fa Dao ^a   Zeng, Shuang Yan ^a   Rui, Jia ^a   Xia, Zhang ^a   Liu, En Qi ^c   Hugh, Broders ^d  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety like behavior; BALB cJ mice; C57BL 6J mice; Locomotor activity; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOOD DISORDERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955391912     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.60.111     Document Type: Article

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