ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

本子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的众多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能已经从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是中心的，不一定是研究者的机构。2005年，环境富集和行为研究项目得到了扩展。新增一个环境富集技术人员职位，以支持强化富集计划。扩大科研动物社会住房使用和实施多种富集技术加快推进。加强对大型社会群体的行为监测，指导社会管理决策。在畜栏和玉米笼中增加了额外的结构，增加了食物和便携式物品的种类，从而改善了环境。正强化训练方法被纳入几个研究项目。环境富集和行为研究协调员与杜兰大学医学院药学系、杜兰大学基因治疗中心、东南路易斯安那大学心理学系和耶基斯国家灵长类动物研究中心动物资源学系的科学家和研究生进行合作研究。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The environmental enrichment and behavioral research programs were expanded in 2005. An additional environmental enrichment technician position was created to support an enhanced enrichment program. Accelerated progress was made in expanding the use of social housing for research animals and the implementation of a variety of enrichment techniques. More intensive behavioral monitoring of large social groups was implemented in order to guide social management decisions. Environments were enhanced with additional structures in corrals and corncribs and an increased variety of foods and portable objects. Positive reinforcement training methods were incorporated into several research projects. The Environmental Enrichment and Behavioral Research Coordinator conducts collaborative research with scientists and graduate students in the Department of Pharmacology at the Tulane University School of Medicine, the Tulane University Center for Gene Therapy, the Department of Psychology at Southeastern Louisiana University, and the Department of Animal Resources at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center.