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Enduring effects of photoperiod on affective behaviors in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).
Behavioral neuroscience - 1 Feb 2006
Pyter Leah M, Nelson Randy J
Abstract excerpt
The effects of perinatal and postweaning photoperiods on subsequent affective behaviors were examined in adult Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Hamsters exposed perinatally to short days (8 hr light/day) exhibited mixed results for adult anxiety-like behaviors and increased some depressive-like behaviors compared with hamsters exposed to long days (16 hr light/day). Postweaning exposure to short days...
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