Communal nesting, an early social enrichment, affects social competences but not learning and memory abilities at adulthood

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-66

  D'Andrea, Ivana ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^a   Branchi, Igor ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communal nesting; Early experiences; Home cage; Learning and memory; Social behavior; Water maze

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34547916104     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.05.029     Document Type: Article

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