The Social Organization Test (Complex Diving-for-Food Task)
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Performing Diving-for-Food Task
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Assessment of Depressive-like Behavior: The Sucrose Preference Test
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Representative Results
Transkript
This protocol describes a method of examining social hierarchy in a rat model. All the rats perform a complex diving for food task in which they form a distinct hierarchy according to the willingness to dive under water and swim to obtain a food p
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This protocol describes a method of examining social hierarchy in a rat model. Rats perform a complex diving-for-food task in which they form a distinct hierarchy according to their willingness to dive underwater and swim to obtain a food pellet. This method is used to understand decision making and social relationships among highly social animals in small groups.