Gender differences in delay-discounting under mild food restriction

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-143

  Koot, Susanne ^a,b   van den Bos, Ruud ^a   Adriani, Walter ^b   Laviola, Giovanni ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delay discounting paradigm; Food deprivation level; Gender differences; Home cage activity; Mice; Novelty seeking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62649096675     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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