Browsing by Subject "Marble-burying"
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Novel behavioral and pharmacological characterization of spontaneous stereotypy in the deer mouse
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric condition that is characterized by two main symptom cohorts, namely recurrent inappropriate thoughts (obsessions) and seemingly purposeless repetitive motor actions ... -
Of mice and marbles: novel perspectives on burying behavior as a screening test for psychiatric illness
(Springer, 2016)Burying forms part of the normal behavioral routine of rodents, although its expression is species-specific. However, it has been suggested that aberrant burying behavior, of which marble-burying (MB) is an example, may ...