Enriched Environment Exposure Enhances Social Interactions and Oxytocin Responsiveness in Male Long-Evans Rats

Enriched Environment Exposure Enhances Social Interactions and Oxytocin Responsiveness in Male Long-Evans Rats

Both social and physical stimuli contribute to the complexity of an animal’s environment, influencing biobehavioral responses to subsequent challenges. In the current study, male Long-Evans rats were randomly assigned to an isolate (ISO), social control (SC) or social enriched (SE) group (n = 8 per...

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Main Authors: Steven Neal, Molly Kent, Massimo Bardi, Kelly G. Lambert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
enriched environment
natural habitat
use-dependent plasticity
oxytocin
corticosterone
acute stress
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00198/full

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