Environmental enrichment effects in social investigation in rats are gender dependent

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 181-187

  Peña, Yolanda ^a,b   Prunell, Margarita ^c   Dimitsantos, Vagelis ^a,b   Nadal, Roser ^a,b   Escorihuela, Rosa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Environmental enrichment; Gender differences; Social discrimination; Social exploratory behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33748704924     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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