Context-dependent differences in grooming behavior among the NIH heterogeneous stock and the Roman high- and low-avoidance rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 187-201

  Estanislau, C ^a,b   Diaz Moran S ^a   Canete T ^a   Blazquez G ^a   Tobena A ^a   Fernandez Teruel A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Grooming; Home cage; NIH heterogeneous rat stock; Novelty; Roman strains; Two way active avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; INBRED RAT STRAIN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OUTBRED RAT STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULATION;

GROOMING; HOME-CAGE; NIH HETEROGENEOUS RAT STOCK; NOVELTY; ROMAN STRAINS; TWO-WAY ACTIVE AVOIDANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEAR; GROOMING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84888313593     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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