Anxiety-Like and Exploratory Behaviors of Isolation-Reared Mice in the Staircase Test

The behavior of isolation-reared mice has not yet been studied in the staircase test. The present study examined the effects of anxiolytic or anxiogenic agents and isolation rearing on the behavior of ddY (outbred) strain mice in the staircase test. Diazepam and phenobarbital increased the number of...

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Main Authors: Yukio Ago, Keiko Takahashi, Shigeo Nakamura, Hitoshi Hashimoto, Akemichi Baba, Toshio Matsuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319342641