The results obtained in the LDB test after acute treatment with the EO (Fig. 1, left panel) reveal a significant increase in time spent in the LDB light chamber after acute administration of the EO at 10 mg/kg when compared to the TW group. A discrete increase in exploratory parameters (number of transitions between compartments and, especially, rearing) could be observed after treatment with either the DZP or the EO. However, neither the DZP nor the EO, administered for 21 days, was able to modify the time spent on the illuminated side of the LDB. Additionally, the group that was repeatedly treated with saline and that received one treatment with DZP 30 min before the experimental procedure showed an anxiolytic-like effect analogous to acute DZP treatment (Fig. 1, right panel). This result validates the experimental conditions used in the LDB session and confirms the absence of an anxiolytic-like effect in mice repeatedly treated with DZP. Reductions in the number of rearings and transitions between compartments were observed after long-term treatment with 100 mg/kg of the EO, which was the same trend observed after long-term treatment with DZP (Fig. 1B and C)