Isolation during the play period in infancy decreases adult social interactions in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 91-97

  Hol, T ^a   Van Den Berg, C L ^a   Van Ree, J M ^a   Spruijt, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated social interaction test; Development of social behavior; Juvenile isolation; Rats; Social play behavior; Social responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WEANING;

EID: 0032995029     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00116-8     Document Type: Article

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