Effects of under- and overcrowding on exploratory behavior in the elevated plus-maze

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-362

  Botelho, S ^a   Estanislau, C ^b   Morato, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Crowding; Elevated plus maze; Exploratory behavior; Fear; Individual housing

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; OVERCROWDING; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CROWDING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; POPULATION DENSITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 33847194251     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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