HOME BASE BEHAVIOR OF RATS (RATTUS-NORVEGICUS) EXPLORING A NOVEL ENVIRONMENT
HOME BASE BEHAVIOR OF RATS (RATTUS-NORVEGICUS) EXPLORING A NOVEL ENVIRONMENT
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DOI：
10.1016/s0166-4328(89)80102-0
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发表时间：
1989-09-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
GOLANI, I
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作者：
EILAM, D;GOLANI, I
当大鼠被置于一个新的环境中时，它们会在前进和停止之间交替：在一个过程中，它们在许多地方短暂停止，但在一两个地方，它们也会停止很长时间。它们停留最长累积时间的地方被定义为大鼠的大本营。在这个地方，理毛和饲养的发生率很高，而且往往是最高的。此外，访问家庭基地的次数通常最多。一些老鼠建立了一个与主要基地性质相似的第二基地。基地的位置会影响整个环境中的前进模式：离开基地的前进速度较慢，并且比返回时包含更多的停止点。这一范式可用于神经科学研究中运动行为的空间组织分析。
When rats are placed in a novel environment, they alternate between progression and stopping: in the course of a session they stop briefly in many places, but in one or two places they also stop for very long periods. The place in which they stay for the longest cumulative time is defined as the rat''s home base. In this place the incidences of grooming and of rearing are high and often the highest. In addition the number of visits to the home base is typically the highest. Some rats establish a secondary base with similar properties to those of the main home base. The location of the base influences the mode of progression throughout the environment: progression away from base is slower and includes more stops than progression back. It is suggested that this paradigm may be used for the analysis of the spatial organization of locomotor behavior in neuroscience research.