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Role of orienting and defensive components in open field behavior of albino rats

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    During investigation of the behavior of albino rats by the OF method the use of Stressor factors leads to a decrease in motor and vertical activity, and also to an increase in the number of defecations; extinction of motor activity in this case takes place gradually, during the animals' stay in OF.

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    The character of distribution of motor and vertical activity among the animals studied was close to normal, whereas distributions of the number of groomings and defecations differed significantly from normal.

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    The number of defecations in rats in OF does not correlate with their motor activity, but it correlates significantly with the vertical activity and weight of the animals; in turn, the motor activity of rats correlates negatively with their weight.

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    When rats are placed in OF a second time extinction of the orienting reaction is more clearly observed if the test is carried out in the absence of Stressors.

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    S. A. Titov & A. A. Kamenskii

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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 704–709, July–August, 1980.

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Titov, S.A., Kamenskii, A.A. Role of orienting and defensive components in open field behavior of albino rats. Neurosci Behav Physiol 13, 29–33 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01189620

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