[The socially enriched environment in early age alters the exploratory activity and ability for learning in rats].
The effects of socially enriched environment on exploration activity in early age and avoidance learning in adult rats were studied. Rats reared in enriched environment were housed with mother and three young rats before weaning. Control rats were housed with mother only. An increase in exporation activity in the open-field test and modified plus-maze was observed in the socially reared rats. The capability for two-way avoidance conditioning was significantly improved in adult socially reared rats.
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Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling / Q000502:physiology*; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012931:Social Environment