Behavioral profiles displayed by rats in an elevated asymmetric plus-maze: effects of diazepam

When rats are exposed to unknown environments where novelty and fear-inducing characteristics are present (conflictive environments), some specific behaviors are induced and exploration is apparently modulated by fear. In our laboratory, a new type of plus-maze was designed as a model of conflictive...

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Published in:	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Main Authors:	M.B. Ruarte, E.O. Alvarez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 1999-01-01
Subjects:	emotionality anxiety motivation elevated asymmetric plus-maze benzodiazepine conflictive exploration
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1999000100015