Long-term social recognition memory in adult male rats: Factor analysis of the social and non-social behaviors

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 663-676

  Moura, P J ^a   Meirelles, S T ^b   Xavier, G F ^a  

^a Departamento de Fisiologia Geral   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Long term social recognition memory; Non social behavior; Principal component analysis; Social behavior; Social investigation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REARING; RECOGNITION; SNIFFING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RECOGNITION MEMORY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77954720704     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2010007500047     Document Type: Article

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