Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
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Crouching as an index of fear.
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J Comp Physiol Psychol
|
1969
|
3.00
|
2
|
Mechanism for the water-to-air transfer and concentration of bacteria.
|
Science
|
1970
|
2.99
|
3
|
Innate and conditioned reactions to threat in rats with amygdaloid lesions.
|
J Comp Physiol Psychol
|
1972
|
2.42
|
4
|
Passive and active reactions to fear-eliciting stimuli.
|
J Comp Physiol Psychol
|
1969
|
1.88
|
5
|
Animal models of social stress: effects on behavior and brain neurochemical systems.
|
Physiol Behav
|
2001
|
1.85
|
6
|
Antipredator defensive behaviors in a visible burrow system.
|
J Comp Psychol
|
1989
|
1.68
|
7
|
Motor and cognitive stereotypies in the BTBR T+tf/J mouse model of autism.
|
Genes Brain Behav
|
2010
|
1.56
|
8
|
Twenty-two kHz alarm cries to presentation of a predator, by laboratory rats living in visible burrow systems.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1991
|
1.50
|
9
|
Chronic social stress reduces dendritic arbors in CA3 of hippocampus and decreases binding to serotonin transporter sites.
|
Synapse
|
2000
|
1.49
|
10
|
Attack and defense in rodents as ethoexperimental models for the study of emotion.
|
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
|
1989
|
1.39
|
11
|
Chronic social stress alters levels of corticotropin-releasing factor and arginine vasopressin mRNA in rat brain.
|
J Neurosci
|
1997
|
1.38
|
12
|
Behavioral and endocrine change following chronic predatory stress.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1998
|
1.31
|
13
|
Virus transfer from surf to wind.
|
Science
|
1977
|
1.27
|
14
|
Repeated exposure to social stress has long-term effects on indirect markers of dopaminergic activity in brain regions associated with motivated behavior.
|
Neuroscience
|
2004
|
1.21
|
15
|
Defensive behavior of laboratory and wild Rattus norvegicus.
|
J Comp Psychol
|
1986
|
1.20
|
16
|
Cue and context conditioning of defensive behaviors to cat odor stimuli.
|
Neurosci Biobehav Rev
|
2001
|
1.20
|
17
|
The characterization and modelling of antipredator defensive behavior.
|
Neurosci Biobehav Rev
|
1990
|
1.19
|
18
|
Cloning of mice to six generations.
|
Nature
|
2000
|
1.15
|
19
|
Serotonin receptor binding in a colony model of chronic social stress.
|
Biol Psychiatry
|
1995
|
1.15
|
20
|
Electricity in Volcanic Clouds: Investigations show that lightning can result from charge-separation processes in a volcanic crater.
|
Science
|
1965
|
1.13
|
21
|
Defense system psychopharmacology: an ethological approach to the pharmacology of fear and anxiety.
|
Behav Brain Res
|
1993
|
1.12
|
22
|
Summary of a National Institute of Mental Health workshop: developing animal models of anxiety disorders.
|
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
|
2001
|
1.08
|
23
|
Attack and defensive behaviour in the albino rat.
|
Anim Behav
|
1977
|
1.06
|
24
|
Aggressive behavior in the rat.
|
Behav Biol
|
1977
|
1.05
|
25
|
Sea-to-Air Transport of Surface Active Material.
|
Science
|
1964
|
1.00
|
26
|
Differentiation of anxiolytic and panicolytic drugs by effects on rat and mouse defense test batteries.
|
Neurosci Biobehav Rev
|
1997
|
0.99
|
27
|
Defensive behaviors in wild and laboratory (Swiss) mice: the mouse defense test battery.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1998
|
0.98
|
28
|
Chronic social stress produces reductions in available splenic type II corticosteroid receptor binding and plasma corticosteroid binding globulin levels.
|
Psychoneuroendocrinology
|
1996
|
0.96
|
29
|
The effects of ethanol and diazepam on reactions to predatory odors.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1990
|
0.95
|
30
|
Development of defensive behavior and conditioning to cat odor in the rat.
|
Physiol Behav
|
2004
|
0.94
|
31
|
References and unreferences.
|
Science
|
1974
|
0.94
|
32
|
An alternative experimental procedure for studying predator-related defensive responses.
|
Neurosci Biobehav Rev
|
2005
|
0.94
|
33
|
Reciprocal changes in plasma corticosterone and testosterone in stressed male rats maintained in a visible burrow system: evidence for a mediating role of testicular 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.
|
Endocrinology
|
1994
|
0.94
|
34
|
Sex differences in the incidence and sonographic characteristics of antipredator ultrasonic cries in the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus).
|
J Comp Psychol
|
1992
|
0.93
|
35
|
Effects of septal-forebrain lesions on maternal aggression and maternal care.
|
Behav Neural Biol
|
1986
|
0.93
|
36
|
Postnatal growth and behavioral development of mice cloned from adult cumulus cells.
|
Biol Reprod
|
2000
|
0.93
|
37
|
Chronic social stress increases levels of preprogalanin mRNA in the rat locus coeruleus.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1995
|
0.92
|
38
|
Differential modulation of antipredator defensive behavior in Swiss-Webster mice following acute or chronic administration of imipramine and fluoxetine.
|
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
|
1995
|
0.92
|
39
|
Sexual and aggressive interactions in a visible burrow system with provisioned burrows.
|
Physiol Behav
|
2001
|
0.90
|
40
|
Postulated source of Mycobacterium intracellulare (Battey) infection.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1975
|
0.89
|
41
|
Social structure and ethanol consumption in the laboratory rat.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1987
|
0.89
|
42
|
High-frequency (35-70 kHz) ultrasonic vocalizations in rats confronted with anesthetized conspecifics: effects of gepirone, ethanol, and diazepam.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1993
|
0.89
|
43
|
Effects of hippocampal lesions on the rat's reaction to a cat.
|
J Comp Physiol Psychol
|
1972
|
0.89
|
44
|
Alcohol and anxiety: ethopharmacological approaches.
|
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
|
1993
|
0.89
|
45
|
The anxiety/defense test battery: influence of gender and ritanserin treatment on antipredator defensive behavior.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1992
|
0.88
|
46
|
Mecp2 truncation in male mice promotes affiliative social behavior.
|
Behav Genet
|
2011
|
0.88
|
47
|
Life-span studies of dominance and aggression in established colonies of laboratory rats.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1988
|
0.87
|
48
|
Comparative aspects of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. Testicular 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase: development of a model for the mediation of Leydig cell function by corticosteroids.
|
Steroids
|
1994
|
0.87
|
49
|
Predator-elicited flight responses in Swiss-Webster mice: an experimental model of panic attacks.
|
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry
|
1996
|
0.87
|
50
|
Limbic lesions and reflexive fighting.
|
J Comp Physiol Psychol
|
1968
|
0.86
|
51
|
Conspecific aggression in the laboratory rat.
|
J Comp Physiol Psychol
|
1975
|
0.86
|
52
|
Hippocampal lesions in rats and their effect on activity, avoidance, and aggression.
|
J Comp Physiol Psychol
|
1970
|
0.85
|
53
|
Amygdala lesions produce analgesia in a novel, ethologically relevant acute pain test.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1999
|
0.85
|
54
|
Stimulus control of defensive reactions in the albino rat.
|
J Comp Physiol Psychol
|
1975
|
0.85
|
55
|
Taming in wild rats following medial amygdaloid lesions.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1984
|
0.85
|
56
|
Further evidence that the mouse defense test battery is useful for screening anxiolytic and panicolytic drugs: effects of acute and chronic treatment with alprazolam.
|
Neuropharmacology
|
1995
|
0.85
|
57
|
Acute cocaine effects on stereotype and defense: an ethoexperimental approach.
|
Neurosci Biobehav Rev
|
1998
|
0.84
|
58
|
Attenuation of antipredator defensive behavior in rats following chronic treatment with imipramine.
|
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
|
1993
|
0.84
|
59
|
Evidence that the behaviors in the Mouse Defense Test Battery relate to different emotional states: a factor analytic study.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1996
|
0.84
|
60
|
Effects of chronic social stress on tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA and protein levels.
|
Brain Res Mol Brain Res
|
1995
|
0.84
|
61
|
Effects of regional amygdaloid lesions on flight and defensive behaviors of wild black rats (Rattus rattus).
|
Physiol Behav
|
1990
|
0.84
|
62
|
Cocaine produces panic-like flight responses in mice in the mouse defense test battery.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1999
|
0.84
|
63
|
Bypassing spermiogenesis for several generations does not have detrimental consequences on the fertility and neurobehavior of offspring: a study using the mouse.
|
J Assist Reprod Genet
|
1999
|
0.83
|
64
|
Defense changes in stress nonresponsive subordinate males in a visible burrow system.
|
Physiol Behav
|
2001
|
0.82
|
65
|
Defensive behaviors in rats following septal and septal--amygdala lesions.
|
J Comp Physiol Psychol
|
1979
|
0.81
|
66
|
Ethanol effects in an anxiety/defense test battery.
|
Alcohol
|
1990
|
0.81
|
67
|
Infralimbic D1 receptor agonist effects on spontaneous novelty exploration and anxiety-like defensive responding in CD-1 mice.
|
Behav Brain Res
|
2004
|
0.81
|
68
|
Neural correlates of scent marking behavior in C57BL/6J mice: detection and recognition of a social stimulus.
|
Neuroscience
|
2009
|
0.80
|
69
|
Alcohol, aggression and the stress of subordination.
|
J Stud Alcohol Suppl
|
1993
|
0.80
|
70
|
The effect of social stress on hippocampal gene expression.
|
Mol Cell Neurosci
|
1993
|
0.80
|
71
|
Mouse aggression increases after 24 hours of isolation or housing with females.
|
Behav Neural Biol
|
1981
|
0.80
|
72
|
Ethanol effects on aggression of rats selected for different levels of aggressiveness.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1987
|
0.79
|
73
|
Physical environment modulates the behavioral responses induced by chemical stimulation of dorsal periaqueductal gray in mice.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
2006
|
0.79
|
74
|
An ethopharmacological analysis of the behavioral effects of 8-OH-DPAT.
|
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
|
1993
|
0.79
|
75
|
Domestication alters 5-HT1A receptor binding in rat brain.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1992
|
0.79
|
76
|
Social stress, mortality and aggression in colonies and burrowing habitats.
|
Behav Processes
|
1985
|
0.79
|
77
|
An ethopharmacological analysis of selective activation of 5-HT1A receptors: the mouse 5-HT1A syndrome.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1997
|
0.79
|
78
|
5-HT1A agonists modulate mouse antipredator defensive behavior differently from the 5-HT2A antagonist pirenperone.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1995
|
0.78
|
79
|
Intravenous cocaine precipitates panic-like flight responses and lasting hyperdefensiveness in laboratory rats.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1999
|
0.78
|
80
|
Differential effects of infralimbic vs. ventromedial orbital PFC lidocaine infusions in CD-1 mice on defensive responding in the mouse defense test battery and rat exposure test.
|
Brain Res
|
2004
|
0.78
|
81
|
Cocaine-induced sniffing stereotypy changes in response to threat.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
2000
|
0.78
|
82
|
Sea spray production from bubbles.
|
Science
|
1983
|
0.78
|
83
|
The effects of age and strain on aggression in male rats.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1984
|
0.78
|
84
|
Morphine attenuates antipredator ultrasonic vocalizations in mixed-sex rat colonies.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1992
|
0.77
|
85
|
Yohimbine potentiates active defensive responses to threatening stimuli in Swiss-Webster mice.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1993
|
0.77
|
86
|
Septal lesions and aggressive behavior.
|
Behav Biol
|
1977
|
0.77
|
87
|
Pain and aggression in the rat.
|
Behav Biol
|
1978
|
0.77
|
88
|
The effects of ethanol on the offense and defensive behaviors of male and female rats during group formation.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1987
|
0.75
|
89
|
Fluprazine hydrochloride does not decrease defensive behaviors of wild and septal syndrome rats.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1985
|
0.75
|
90
|
Electrostatic Field and Freezing.
|
Science
|
1961
|
0.75
|
91
|
Applicability of animal models to human aggression.
|
Prog Clin Biol Res
|
1984
|
0.75
|
92
|
Preclinical profile of the mixed 5-HT1A/5-HT2A receptor antagonist S 21,357.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1996
|
0.75
|
93
|
Letter to the editor.
|
Science
|
1967
|
0.75
|
94
|
Emerging themes in preclinical research on alcohol and aggression.
|
Recent Dev Alcohol
|
1997
|
0.75
|
95
|
Taming in the wild Norway rat following lesions in the basal ganglia.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1981
|
0.75
|
96
|
The colony model: experience counts. A reply to Lore, Nikoletseas, and Flannelly.
|
Behav Neural Biol
|
1980
|
0.75
|
97
|
Ethanol changes patterns of defensive behavior in wild rats.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1986
|
0.75
|
98
|
Alterations of defensive reactions in the rat after cholinergic stimulation of midline thalamic nuclei.
|
Physiol Behav
|
1972
|
0.75
|
99
|
Ondansetron, gender and antipredator defensive behaviour.
|
J Psychopharmacol
|
1993
|
0.75
|
100
|
Fluprazine hydrochloride decreases copulation in male rats.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1985
|
0.75
|
101
|
Effects of scopolamine on antipredator defense reactions in wild and laboratory rats.
|
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
|
1990
|
0.75
|
102
|
Glycogen phosphorylase reactivity in the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.
|
J Chem Neuroanat
|
2001
|
0.75
|
103
|
The use of [14C]-2-deoxyglucose to detect regional brain activities associated with aggressive and defensive behavior.
|
Prog Clin Biol Res
|
1984
|
0.75
|
104
|
Ethanol effects on freezing and conspecific attack in rats previously exposed to a cat.
|
Behav Processes
|
1988
|
0.75
|
105
|
Specific anti-aggressive effects of fluprazine hydrochloride.
|
Psychopharmacology (Berl)
|
1985
|
0.75
|
106
|
Life-span changes in the copulatory behavior of male rats (Rattus norvegicus).
|
J Comp Psychol
|
1985
|
0.75
|
107
|
Anti-aggressive effects of DU 27716 on attack and defensive behaviors in male mice.
|
Prog Clin Biol Res
|
1984
|
0.75
|
108
|
Ethological models of fear and angry aggression.
|
Clin Neuropharmacol
|
1986
|
0.75
|
109
|
The 5-HT puzzle: a creative analysis.
|
J Psychopharmacol
|
1991
|
0.75
|