The social behavior of male rats administered an adult-onset calorie restriction regimen

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 581-585

  Govic, Antonina ^a   Levay, Elizabeth A ^a   Kent, Stephen ^a   Paolini, Antonio G ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calorie restriction; Food restriction; Social behavior; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 60249093831     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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