Social snails: The effect of social isolation on cognition is dependent on environmental context

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4179-4185

  Dalesman, Sarah ^a   Lukowiak, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural plasticity; Calcium; Isolation; Learning; Lymnaea stagnalis; Memory; Predator

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG TERM MEMORY; LYMNAEA; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ENVIRONMENT; LYMNAEA; MEMORY; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 83155181827     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.064857     Document Type: Article

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