Le Moene, Olivia; Ramirez-Renteria, Mayra; Ågmo, Anders j (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-01)
In classical rodent anxiety models, females usually display lower anxiety than males,
whereas anxiety disorders are more prevalent in women. Perhaps this contradiction
is caused by the use of behavioural models with low external validity. Therefore,
we analysed immediate reactions to a sudden 90-dB white noise in a semi-natural
environment. We observed mixed-sex groups of rats for the 60 seconds ...