Behavioural and endocrine fear responses in Japanese quail upon presentation of a novel object in the home cage

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-319

  Richard, S ^a   Wacrenier Cere N ^b   Hazard, D ^b   Saint Dizier, H ^a   Arnould, C ^a   Faure, J M ^b  

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

^b STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Corticosterone; Coturnix japonica; Emotions; Escape reaction; Fear; Tonic immobility response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HOMINID; HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; CORTICOSTERONE; COTURNIX; ESCAPE REACTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 39449084659     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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