Is it safe? Voles in an unfamiliar dark open-field divert from optimal security by abandoning a familiar shelter and not visiting a central start point

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-92

  Eilam, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exploration; Home base behavior; Motivation to explore; Navigation; Open field; Security; Spatial behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EMOTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; VOLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DARKNESS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SAFETY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 70350211080     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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