Effects of prenatal undernutrition on emotional reactivity and cognitive flexibility in adult sheep

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 25-35

  Erhard, Hans W ^a   Boissy, Alain ^b   Rae, Mick T ^a   Rhind, Stewart M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Emotional reactivity; Fear; Laterality; Personality; Prenatal undernutrition; Sheep; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EMOTION; FEMALE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MAZE TEST; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MAZE LEARNING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 3543082996     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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