The effects of individual housing on 'anxious' behaviour in male and female gerbils

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-552

  Starkey, N J ^a   Normington, G ^b   Bridges, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anxiety; Behaviour; Black white box; Elevated plus maze; Gerbil; Individual housing; Sex differences; Social interaction; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERBIL; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33847370218     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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