Open space anxiety test in rodents: The elevated platform with steep slopes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 829, Issue , 2012, Pages 177-191

  Ennaceur, Abdelkader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Anxiety; Anxiolytic; Avoidance; Benzodiazepines; Fear; Psychostimulant

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; MOUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ALTITUDE; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZODIAZEPINES; DIAZEPAM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84856329943     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-458-2_11     Document Type: Article

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