ONTOGENY OF SEX-DIFFERENCES IN OPEN-FIELD BEHAVIOR AND SENSITIVITY TO ELECTRIC-SHOCK IN RAT

被引:86
作者
BEATTY, WW [1 ]
FESSLER, RG [1 ]
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[1] N DAKOTA STATE UNIV, DEPT PSYCHOL, FARGO, ND 58102 USA
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10.1016/0031-9384(76)90319-X
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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Weanling male and female rats did not differ in open-field activity or rearing or in shock thresholds measured with the flinch-jump technique. Sex differences on all measures emerged by 50 days of age and persisted thereafter. Although shock thresholds were positively correlated with body weight, both age and sex affected shock thresholds independent of correlated weight differences.
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