[Changes in the animal behavior caused by sequential changes of dominants related to reproduction].
Female rats during the sex dominanta (proestrus) revealed lower anxiety scores and a higher general level of activity than the rats in diestrus. Responses to stress were also more obvious in proestrus. During gestation the rats revealed a lower activity and a higher anxiety. In lactation, the rats' behaviour was similar to that in proestrus.
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St. Petersburg State University, Russia.
D000818:Animals; D001007:Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D007774:Lactation; D009043:Motor Activity; D017288:Pain Threshold; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology*