EFFECTS OF CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE ON ODOR-INDUCED RISK ASSESSMENT BEHAVIORSIN MICE

Authors
GARBE CM KEMBLE ED STRUNK PC
Citation
Cm. Garbe et al., EFFECTS OF CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE ON ODOR-INDUCED RISK ASSESSMENT BEHAVIORSIN MICE, Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 31(4), 1993, pp. 314-316
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychologym Experimental
Journal title
Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00905054
Volume
31
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
314 - 316
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-5054(1993)31:4<314:EOCOOR>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The effects of treatment with three chlordiazepoxide (CDP) doses (2.0, 8.0, and 12.0 mg/kg) on risk assessment behaviors evoked by a novel o dor were investigated. Both the frequency and duration of flatback app roaches and stretch attends were strongly suppressed at the highest CD P dose. It is suggested that CDP alters normal olfactory function only at doses that attenuate offensive attack, but that CDP-induced reduct ions in defensive behaviors, seen at lower doses, are probably not imp ortantly mediated by disrupted olfaction.