Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0346556

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0346556

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Defensive behaviours elicited by predator odours. Rats display a powerful anxiety responses when confronted with the odours of predators such as cats. This response may occur even though rats have never encountered an actual predator before. This project aims to investigate the nature of this anxiety and the nature of the stimuli that produce it. The outcomes should be a better understanding of the neural basis and pharmacology of anxiety states and the identification of novel chemicals that have powerful rodent repellent properties. Such chemicals may be of great use in domestic and agricultural contexts where rodents are pests.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2003

End Date: 31-01-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $121,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Mental Health | Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Psychology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Mental health | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) | Crop and animal protection chemicals

Other Keywords

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Crop and animal protection chemicals | Mental Health | Mental health | Plant Protection (Pests, Diseases And Weeds) | Psychology | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

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