Cognitive performance in rats differing in their inborn anxiety

F Ohl; A Roedel; C Storch; F Holsboer; R Landgraf; Frauke Ohl

doi:10.1037//0735-7044.116.3.464

Cognitive performance in rats differing in their inborn anxiety

F Ohl^*, A Roedel, C Storch, F Holsboer, R Landgraf, Frauke Ohl

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Abstract

There is profound evidence that cognitive processes and anxiety are interrelated, To team more about this interaction. the authors tested rats bred for either high (HABs) or low (LABs) anxiety-related behavior in a modified hole board task. This task allows parallel investigation of various cognitive processes and possibly related behavioral dimensions, both under baseline conditions and during cognitively stressful situations. The authors provide evidence that the degree of anxiety is differentially associated with eahanced performance for distinct informational processes in rats. As HABs and LABs did not differ in their anxiety-related behavior after habituation, that is, in a familiar environment during appetitive learning. the authors conclude that anxiety behavior in naive HABs may be due to differential cognitive processing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	464-471
Number of pages	8
Journal	Behavioral Neuroscience
Volume	116
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037//0735-7044.116.3.464
Publication status	Published - Jun 2002

Keywords

PRIOR EXPOSURE
ANIMAL-MODELS
PLUS-MAZE
MEMORY
BEHAVIOR
AROUSAL
REACTIVITY
SYSTEMS
STIMULI

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