Behaviour in novel environments is influenced by the conflicting motivators fear and
curiosity. Because changes in both of these motivational processes are often simultaneously …

Novelty-seeking behavior in rats is deemed to model sensation seeking in humans, a
personality trait related to some psychiatric conditions, including substance abuse. Animals …

Rationale: Preliminary unpublished studies in our laboratory suggested that the behaviour of
Sprague-Dawley (SD) and Dark Agouti (DA) rats was markedly different on both the …

Substantial work has shown that rats although identical in strain, sex, age and housing
conditions can differ considerably in terms of behavior and physiology. Such individual …

Based on their rearing response to a novel open field, male Wistar rats were divided into two
sub-groups with either high or low behavioural activity (high rearings, versus low rearings) …

This study aimed at investigating the relationship between anxiety-like and depressive-like
behaviour in mice. Therefore, we assessed the behaviour of mice from eight different strains …

In the present report we describe the behavior of two albinos (BALB/c and CD-1) and one
pigmented (c57/BL6) strains of mice exposed to a novel open space anxiety test in a single …

An elevated plus-maze was used to study the ontogeny of the exploratory behaviors of early-
protein-malnourished animals in an experimental aversive situation. Rats were …

This review focuses on factors influencing behaviour in the elevated plus-maze, the
holeboard and the social transmission of food preference. The elevated plus-maze provides …

Rationale: A number of previous studies have reported that the Maudsley reactive (MR/Har)
and non-reactive (MNRA/Har) strains of rats show behavioural and physiological differences …