Analysis of vigilant scanning behavior in mice using two-point digital video tracking

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 649-657

  Choy, Kwok Ho C ^a   Yu, Jing ^a   Hawkes, David ^a   Mayorov, Dmitry N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Diazepam; Fear conditioning; FG 7142; Mice; Risk assessment; Scanning; Thigmotaxis

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; VIGILANT SCANNING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBOLINES; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; NOSE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84862703900     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2609-5     Document Type: Article

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