Changes in Heart Rate Variability during a tonic immobility test in quail

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 512-520

  Valance, Dorothée ^a   Després, Gérard ^b   Richard, Sabine ^a   Constantin, Paul ^a   Mignon Grasteau, Sandrine ^c   Leman, Samuel ^d   Boissy, Alain ^b   Faure, Jean Michel ^c   Leterrier, Christine ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^c STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart Rate Variability; Quail; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

EID: 38949190938     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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