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Long Term Effects of Social Deprivation during Early Adulthood in the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)
Author(s) -
Ägren Greta,
Meyerson Bengt J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1978.tb01846.x
Subject(s) - agonistic behaviour , gerbil , social isolation , isolation (microbiology) , psychology , physiology , developmental psychology , biology , medicine , aggression , psychiatry , bioinformatics , ischemia
The influence of isolation on ♂‐♀♀ relationships was investigated. Animals isolated between 90 and 200 days of age showed more agonistic behaviour in paired encounters than controls. This difference disappeared when the animals had been housed with a cagemate. A secondary isolation late in life resulted in a more rapid onset of agonistic behaviour in the early isolates than in the controls. Thus it is concluded that the early isolation had a lasting influence, which only became evident after renewed isolation treatment.