The use of a plus-maze to measure anxiety in the mouse

1987/06/01 by RichardG. Lister, Richard G. Lister · 2,616 citations
Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Antagonist #Anxiety #Anxiogenic #Anxiolytic #Buspirone #Chlordiazepoxide #Diazepam #Elevated plus maze #Internal medicine #Medicine #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior #Pharmacology #Picrotoxin #Psychiatry #Psychology #Serotonin

paper · doi:10.1007/bf00177912

published in Psychopharmacology 92(2), 180-5 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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