An alternative experimental procedure for studying predator-related defensive responses
@article{RibeiroBarbosa2005AnAE, title={An alternative experimental procedure for studying predator-related defensive responses}, author={{\'E}. R. Ribeiro-Barbosa and N. Canteras and A. F. Cez{\'a}rio and R. Blanchard and D. Blanchard}, journal={Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews}, year={2005}, volume={29}, pages={1255-1263} }
In the present study, we introduce an experimental procedure to study, in rats, a wide range of natural defensive reactions. Animals were tested in an experimental apparatus that consisted of a home cage (25 x 25 x 25 cm) connected to another chamber (25 x 25 x 25 cm-the food compartment) by a hallway (12.5 cm wide and 100 cm long, with 25-cm high walls). During 10 days before the testing procedures, each animal was isolated in the home cage, and, at the beginning of the dark phase, allowed to… CONTINUE READING
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