Effect of short-term prefeeding and body weight on wheel running and responding reinforced by the opportunity to run in a wheel

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Belke, Terry W ^a   Pierce, W David ^b   Jensen, K ^c  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body weight; Lever press; Prefeeding; Rat; Wheel running reinforcement

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING; FOOD DEPRIVATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RUNNING; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942594283     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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