Basal anxiety during an open field test is correlated with individual differences in contextually conditioned fear in mice

Animal Cells and Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 154-159

  Ahn, Seo Hee ^a   Jang, Eun Hae ^a   Choi, Jun Hyeok ^a   Lee, Hye Ryeon ^a   Bakes, Joseph ^a   Kong, Young Yun ^a   Kaang, Bong Kiun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

basal anxiety; baseline freezing; conditioned fear; contextual fear conditioning; elevated plus maze; individual differences; open field test

Indexed keywords

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84880324384     PISSN: 19768354     EISSN: 21512485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19768354.2013.790840     Document Type: Article

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