Vi. Rodina et al., MULTIPARAMETER METHOD FOR COMPLEX EVALUAT ION OF THE ANXIETY-PHOBIC STATES IN RATS, Zurnal vyssej nervnoj deatelnosti im. I.P. Pavlova, 43(5), 1993, pp. 1006-1017
A new multiparameter method is elaborated for evaluating the anxiety-p
hobic states in rats. The method is based on a ranged scale of paramet
ers which characterize the species-specific responses of an animal to
the series of ethologically adequate test-stimuli inducing manifestati
on of the anxiety-phobic states. The method makes it possible to evalu
ate an individual anxiety-phobic level of a rat, to form experimental
groups of rats with known individual anxiety-phobic levels, to conduct
repeated observations of the same animals. The method is easy to intr
oduce into laboratory practice and makes it possible to obtain results
quickly.