Different reaction patterns in individually and socially reared rats during exposures to novel environments.
Individually and group-reared male rats were behaviourally compared after various periods of different housing, (i) during a first exposure to the new environment, and (ii) after habituation (two repetition trials) to the situation, during a fourth exposure in a slightly modified test-box. Compared to group-housed controls an elevated locomotor activity upon the first exposure and a reduced reaction in response to the slight modifications were found in individually housed rats.
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004777:Environment; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012934:Social Isolation