Anxiety-like, novelty-seeking and memory/learning behavioral traits in male Wistar rats submitted to early weaning

Authors: Mabel Carneiro Fraga, Egberto Gaspar de Moura, Natália da Silva Lima, Patrícia C. Lisboa, Elaine de Oliveira, Juliana Oliveira Silva, Sylvio Claudio-Neto, Cláudio C. Filgueiras, Yael Abreu-Villaça, Alex C. Manhães

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, early weaning, learning, memory, motor activity, novelty-seeking

2014

Stress inhibits psychomotor performance differently in simple and complex open field environments

Authors: Jamshid Faraji, Nabiollah Soltanpour, Seyed Yaghoob Jafari, Reza Moeeini, Shiva Pakdel, Alireza Moharreri, Gerlinde A. S. Metz

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, environment, exploration, motor behavior, novelty-seeking, open field, restraint stress, ziggurat task

2014

Novelty-seeking behavior predicts vulnerability in a rodent model of depression

Authors: Kristen A. Stedenfeld, Sarah M. Clinton, Ilan A. Kerman, Huda Akil, Stanley J. Watson, Alan F. Sved

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chronic mild stress, depression, high responder, low responder, selectively bred rat, vulnerability

2011

Novelty-seeking temperament in captive stumptail macaques (macaca arctoides) and spider monkeys (ateles geoffroyi)

Authors: Ana María Santillán-Doherty, José Cortés-Sotres, Rita Virginia Arenas-Rosas, Alejandra Márquez-Arias, Carlos Cruz, Asunción Medellín, Ana Julia Aguirre, Jairo Muñóz-Delgado, José Luis Díaz

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: ateles geojji-oyi, comparative study, macaca arctoides, novelty-seeking temperament

2010