Effect of whisker removal on defensive behavior in rats during early ontogenesis

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 883-888

  Shishelova, A Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Freezing; Ontogenesis of rat behavior; Openfield; Whisker removal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; FLIGHT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRISSA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; STARTLE REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33748574283     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: 1573899X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11055-006-0102-0     Document Type: Article

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