Effects of long-term individual housing of middle-aged female Octodon degus on spatial learning and memory in the Barnes maze task

Effects of long-term individual housing of middle-aged female Octodon degus on spatial learning and memory in the Barnes maze task

IntroductionProlonged social isolation is a form of passive chronic stress that has consequences on human and animal behavior. The present study was undertaken to elucidate whether the long-term isolation would precipitate age-related changes in anxiety and spatial learning and memory in degus.Metho...

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Main Authors: Natalija Popović, Beatriz Baño-Otalora, María Ángeles Rol, César Venero, Juan Antonio Madrid, Miroljub Popović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Barnes maze
light-dark test
Octodon degus
social isolation
anxiety
learning and memory
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2023.1221090/full

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