Prefrontal cortex activity, sympatho-vagal reaction and behaviour distinguish between situations of feed reward and frustration in dwarf goats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-114

  Gygax, Lorenz ^a   Reefmann, Nadine ^b   Wolf, Martin ^c   Langbein, Jan ^d  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dwarf goat; Emotion; FNIRS; Haemodynamic brain changes; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTICIPATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARF GOAT; EMOTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GOAT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LOCOMOTION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHOVAGAL REACTION;

ANIMALS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUSTRATION; GOATS; HEART RATE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84869884214     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.10.052     Document Type: Article

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