Publications

Stimulation in infancy

Both painful shocks and gentle handling enhance the development of normal stress responses in infant animals. The absence of such treament leads to behavioral disorders when the animal matures.

Year Published: 1960

Citation: Levine, S. 1960. Stimulation in infancy. Scientific American 202(5), 80-86.

Effects of environmental complexity and training on brain chemistry

Rats living in an enriched cage environment showed changes in brain chemistry when compared with animals living in barren standard cages.

Year Published: 1960Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Krech, D., Rosenzweig, M. R., Bennett, E. L. 1960. Effects of environmental complexity and training on brain chemistry. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 53, 509-519.

Noise stress in laboratory rodents. I. Behavioral and endocrine response of mice, rats and guinea pigs.

Noise affects the endocrine system.

Year Published: 1959Animal Type: Guinea Pig, Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Anthony, A., Ackerman, E., Lloyd, J. A. 1959 . Noise stress in laboratory rodents. I. Behavioral and endocrine response of mice, rats and guinea pigs. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 31, 1430-1436.

Noise stress in laboratory rodents. II: Effects of chronic noise exposure on sexual performance and reproductive function of guinea pigs

Chronic noise impacts reproductive performance in guinea pigs.

Year Published: 1959Animal Type: Guinea Pig, Rodent

Citation: Anthony, A., Harclerode, J. E. 1959 . Noise stress in laboratory rodents. II: Effects of chronic noise exposure on sexual performance and reproductive function of guinea pigs. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 31, 1437-1440.

Isolation syndrome in the rat

Individual caging induced hypersensitivity to certain toxic agents.

Year Published: 1965Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Hatch, A. M., Wiberg, G. S., Zawidzka, Z. et al. 1965. Isolation syndrome in the rat. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 7, 737-745.

Effects of environmental complexity on constituents of brain and liver

Year Published: 1965Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Geller, E., Yuwiler, A., Zolman, J. F. 1965. Effects of environmental complexity on constituents of brain and liver. Journal of Neurochemistry 12, 949-955.

Changes in nerve conduction in caged guinea-pigs

Indirect evidence for localized damage to the plantar nerves were found in guinea pigs kept on wire-mesh flooring for periods of up to a year.

Year Published: 1965Animal Type: Guinea Pig, Rodent

Citation: Fullerton, P. M., Gilliatt, R. W. 1965. Changes in nerve conduction in caged guinea-pigs. Journal of Physiology 178, 47-48.

Canine Behavior

Recommendations for appropriate handling and housing of dogs.

Year Published: 1965Animal Type: Dog

Citation: Fox, M. W. 1965. Canine Behavior. Thomas , Springfield, Ill.

Social factors affecting emotionality and resistance to disease in animals: IV

Individual caging decreased the subjects' immunocompetence and, hence their resistance.

Year Published: 1964Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Ader, R., Friedman, S. B. 1964. Social factors affecting emotionality and resistance to disease in animals: IV. Differential housing, emotionality, and Walker 256 carcinosarcoma in the rat. Psychological Reports 15, 535-541.

Factors influencing normal SGO-T levels in the rhesus monkey

There can be a rise in SGO-T [serum glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase] in monkeys due to nonspecific stresses such as fright, handling or clinical procedures.

Year Published: 1964Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Robinson, F. R., Gisler, D. B., Dixon, D. F. 1964. Factors influencing normal SGO-T levels in the rhesus monkey. Laboratory Animal Care [Laboratory Animal Science] 14, 275-282.