The effects of isolated and enriched housing conditions on baseline and drug-induced behavioural responses in the male rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-183

  Simpson, Joy ^a   Kelly, John P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Desipramine; Diazepam; Elevated plus maze; Forced swim test; Homecage activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHARMACOLOGICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMPHETAMINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DESIPRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 84864032707     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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