Changes in defensive behaviors following olfactory bulbectomy in male and female rats

Authors
Stock, HS Hand, GA Ford, K Wilson, MA
Citation
Hs. Stock et al., Changes in defensive behaviors following olfactory bulbectomy in male and female rats, BRAIN RES, 903(1-2), 2001, pp. 242-246
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
BRAIN RESEARCH
ISSN journal
00068993 → ACNP
Volume
903
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
242 - 246
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8993(20010608)903:1-2<242:CIDBFO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The present study examined if olfactory bulbectomy (OBX) altered defensive behaviors on the elevated plus-maze and the open-field differently in male and female rats. Similar increases in defensive behaviors in male and femal e rats were observed in both tests following OBX. No significant correlatio ns were detected between defensive behaviors and activity. supporting the h ypothesis that some behavioral changes following OBX may be due to decrease d defensive behaviors and not increased activity. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.