Factors influencing behavior of group-housed male rats in the social interaction test: Focus on cohort removal

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-282

  Kask, Ants ^a   Nguyen, Huu Phuc ^b   Pabst, Reinhard ^b   Von Hörsten, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Anxiety; Cohort removal; Group housing; Habituation; Social interaction test; Stress; Transportation; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; HABITUATION; LIGHT; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

EID: 0035181853     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00587-X     Document Type: Article

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