| Sex difference in temporal patterns of social interaction and its dependence upon neonatal novelty exposure. (2005) | |||||||||
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| Behavioural Brain Research Research report Sex difference temporal patterns social interaction and its dependence upon neonatal novelty exposure Bethany Reeba Akaysha Tanga Department Psychology University New Mexico Albuquerque USA Department Neurosciences University New Mexico Albuquerque USA Department Computer Sciences University New Mexico Albuquerque USA Received September received revised form September accepted September Available online November Abstract Rodents have been indispensable tool for the study the neural mechanisms underlying variety emotional social and cognitive functions and dysfunctions Surprisingly little known concerning sex difference rodent social recognition memory and its sensitivity neonatal stimulation During the first weeks life exposed male and female neonates novel cage for min per day while the matched littermate controls remained the home cage weeks and months age measured frequencies social investigation over repeated social exposures and found that males showed greater habituation social investigation than females during both juvenility and adulthood and that neonatal novelty exposure affected changes the frequency social investigation across multiple exposures sex dependent manner speculate that these observed sex differences may reflect sex difference affinity for conspecific novelty rather than memory capability Elsevier All rights reserved Keywords Sex difference Social recognition memory Neonatal handling Early life experience Socia | |||||||||
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