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Application of T-Pattern Analysis in the Study of Rodent Behavior: Methodological and Experimental Highlights

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Discovering Hidden Temporal Patterns in Behavior and Interaction

Part of the book series: Neuromethods ((NM,volume 111))

Abstract

In our laboratories we use T-pattern analysis to study rat behavior in different and well-known experimental assays widely employed as rodent models of anxiety: the open field, the hole board and the elevated plus maze. By using Theme software and T-pattern analysis, we have observed that numerous events, characterizing rodent behavior in each experimental model, occurred sequentially and with significant constraints on the interval lengths separating them. In this chapter, for each test, we highlight some key aspects of our behavioral analyses, with a twofold attempt: first to provide the researcher with useful information concerning the application of T-pattern analysis in the study of rodent behavior and, second, to present and discuss various results of our studies.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Human Physiology Section “Giuseppe Pagano”, Laboratory of Behavioral Physiology, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Maurizio Casarrubea & Giuseppe Crescimanno

  2. Human Behavior Laboratory, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Magnus S. Magnusson

  3. Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

    Giuseppe Di Giovanni

  4. School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

    Giuseppe Di Giovanni

  5. UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France

    Vincent Roy & Arnaud Arabo

  6. Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Andrea Santangelo

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  1. University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Magnus S. Magnusson

  2. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Judee K. Burgoon

  3. Department of Bio.Ne.C., University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

    Maurizio Casarrubea

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This chapter is dedicated to the memory of my father Prof. Giuseppe Casarrubea (March 4th 1946—June 7th 2015), historian and writer. His meticulous and patient work has clarified numerous and obscure aspects in the modern history of Italy.

As historian, he was fascinated by concepts and theories concerning T-patterns and the related possibility to study repetition of events from a scientific point of view.

As father, he would have been happy to read this book and proud to see his son Coeditor with such prestigious Colleagues and Authors.

Maurizio CasarrubeaPalermo, June 15th 2015

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Casarrubea, M. et al. (2016). Application of T-Pattern Analysis in the Study of Rodent Behavior: Methodological and Experimental Highlights. In: Magnusson, M., Burgoon, J., Casarrubea, M. (eds) Discovering Hidden Temporal Patterns in Behavior and Interaction. Neuromethods, vol 111. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3249-8_12

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