Influence of sensory stimulation applied during nutritional recovery: analysis of behavioral parameters in rats

• Grant number: 11/23003-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2012
• End date: December 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Experimental Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Alberto da Silva
• Grantee: Joyce Ricci Pires
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Humanas. Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (UNIMEP). Instituto Educacional Piracicabano. Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Worldwide, scientific research evolves every day, either in quantity or quality, where scientific knowledge is generated through the use of experimental methods of high reliability and accuracy. However, in animal studies, there may be influence the mechanisms involved in anxiety generated by the experimental manipulation, which in itself may be a factor in the anxiolytic groups. This study will examine the behavior of rats that received tactile stimuli in regions responsible for sensory interpretation during the nutritional recovery after malnutrition. The rats will be evaluated on tests of open field and elevated plus maze, as well as analysis of social behavior and memory, psychic behavior in boundary conditions. The screen work is based on the state of the art of psychological analysis. (AU)