The effects of isolation-rearing on preference by rats for a novel environment

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 299-303

  Hall, F S ^a   Humby, T ^a   Wilkinson, L S ^a   Robbins, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Isolation rearing; Novelty preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0030792233     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00117-0     Document Type: Article

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