Multivariate analysis of the modifications induced by an environmental acoustic cue on rat exploratory behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 687-696

  Casarrubea, Maurizio ^a   Sorbera, Filippina ^a   Crescimanno, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic stimulation; Exploratory behavior; Multivariate analysis; Orienting response; Rat; Sniffing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; HEAD MOVEMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MASTICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SNIFFING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 40749151397     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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