Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comparative Study
. 1982 Jun;8(6):609-12.
doi: 10.1016/0361-9230(82)90087-9.

Baseline exploratory activity predicts anxiolytic responsiveness to diazepam in five mouse strains

Comparative Study

Baseline exploratory activity predicts anxiolytic responsiveness to diazepam in five mouse strains

J N Crawley et al. Brain Res Bull. 1982 Jun.

Abstract

Inbred mouse strains showing variability in spontaneous exploratory behaviors displayed differential responsiveness to diazepam in an anxiety-related exploration model. C57B1/6J, BALB/cJ, Swiss Webster/NIH, Swiss Webster/Harlan Sprague-Dawley, and CF-1 mice demonstrated a significant correlation between baseline exploratory activity and maximal percentage increase in exploratory behavior induced by diazepam. No correlation was seen between those behavioral responses and the characteristics of brain benzodiazepine binding sites in the different strains. Anti-anxiety responsiveness appears to be a function of some genetically-determined substrate for spontaneous exploratory behaviors which may have multiple neurochemical substrates.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

Cited by

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources