MULTIPARAMETER METHOD FOR COMPLEX EVALUAT ION OF THE ANXIETY-PHOBIC STATES IN RATS

Citation
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
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Neurosciences
ISSN journal
00444677
Volume
43
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1006 - 1017
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-4677(1993)43:5<1006:MMFCEI>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
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.