Raised corticosterone in the rat after exposure to the elevated plus-maze
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Psychopharmacology
- Vol. 113 (3-4) , 543-546
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02245237
Abstract
Rats given one or two 5-min trials in the elevated plus-maze had plasma corticosterone concentrations significantly higher than the home cage control group and there was no sign of habituation in the group given two trials. In rats given two plus-maze trials the corticosterone responses were significantly higher in the group given 10-min rather than 5-min trials. A previous experience of cat odour (1 week earlier) has no effect on the plasma corticosterone response, but did have an anxiogenic effect that could be detected by a decrease in the percentage of time spent on the open arms of the plus-maze. The results are discussed with reference to the nature of anxiety generated by trials 1 and 2 and by the trial duration in the plus-maze, and with respect to dissociation between behavioural and endocrinological measures.Keywords
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