0387208 - FGÚ 2013 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Svoboda, Jan - Telenský, Petr - Blahna, Karel - Bureš, Jan - Stuchlík, Aleš
Comparison of male and female rats in avoidance of a moving object: more thigmotaxis, hypolocomotion and fear-like reactions in females.
Physiological Research. Roč. 61, č. 6 (2012), s. 659-663. ISSN 0862-8408. E-ISSN 1802-9973
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GCP303/10/J032; GA ČR(CZ) GBP304/12/G069; GA MZd(CZ) NT13386
Grant - others:GA AV ČR(CZ) M200111204
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50110509
Institutional support: RVO:67985823
Keywords : enemy avoidance task * moving object * avoidance * locomotion
Subject RIV: FH - Neurology
Impact factor: 1.531, year: 2012 ; AIS: 0.394, rok: 2012

The paper shows effect of sex in the newly-designed Enemy avoidance task, in which rats avoid a slowly moving programmable robot. Female rats showed more anxiety-related measures in the habituation. Actual avoidance of a robot, which was reinforced by mild footshocks, was, however, similar in both sexes
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0219122