Development of spontaneous stereotyped behavior in deer mice: effects of early and late exposure to a more complex environment (2000)

Powell, S. B., Newman, H. A., McDonald, T. A. et al.

Abstract

We hypothesized that spontaneous stereotypies exhibited by deer mice housed under standard laboratory conditions were the result of environmental restriction and that a sensitive period exists for the development/prevention of stereotypies. Exposure to a more complex environment early in the post-weaning period resulted in substantially less stereotypy in the complex environment.