A rodent model of spontaneous stereotypy: initial characterization of development, environmental, and neurobiological factors (1999)

Powell, S. B., Newman, H. A., Pendergast, J. et al.

Abstract

Preliminary observations suggest that increasing environmental complexity is associated with decreased stereotypy. Stereotypies are patterns of motor behavior that are repetitive, excessive, topographically invariant, and that lack any obvious function or purpose. [p. 355]