The olfactory hole-board test in rats: a new paradigm to study aversion and preferences to odors

Odors of biological relevance (e.g. predator odors, sex odors) are known to effectively influence basic survival needs of rodents such as anti-predatory defensiveness and mating behaviors. Research focused on the effects of these odors on rats’ behavior mostly includes multi-trial paradigms where an...

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Main Authors: Kerstin eWernecke, Markus eFendt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00223/full