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Brain Damage Body Weight
1,503 wordsAlterations in feeding behaviour of female rats at varying phases of their reproductive sequence as a result of lesions in various parts of the amygdala The topic of this proposed research is the role of the amygdala in hunger and satiety following damage in female infant and adult rats as a result of sexual and maternal activity. Data will be collected from 200 female albino rats, 50 infants and 150 adults of the Sprague-Dawley strain. Hunger and satiety will be analysed following feeding behav...
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Randomly Assigned Sexual Maturity
1,589 words... data (See Table. 1). However the main independent variable is of reproductive status. This has 4 levels: (1) 6 weeks of age or younger (therefore not sexually mature) (2) 4 months and above (undergoing usual reproductive cycles) The dependant variable differs within each experiment with consideration of the behaviour under inspection. The variable concerning the reproductive aspect of the rats is based on the following specifics: 61607; Rats reach sexual maturity at 5 weeks of age 6160...
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Shows Signs Physical Description
868 wordsIn the story of The Three Skeleton Key written by George G. Toudouze it shows many petrifying experiences happening to the characters. Itchoua is a brave, strong Basque who visited an island just off the coast of Guiana for a couple of months. During his visit on the island, Itchoua and his friends faced many dangers and took life threatening risks. He shows many character traits of bravery through his physical description, personality and his actions toward many things. During his act of braver...
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Months Of Age Twenty One
1,032 wordsBeing great pets, rats were introduced to the world from the Southeast Asian islands, Central Asia, India, and China. Being active, curious, and loving, they " re also very intelligent. Although they have poor eye sight, they move along walls finding their way with their whiskers and unusually long tail that's often as long as their body. With a heavy fondness for sweets, a rat's sense of taste is similar to humans. Playing is an important role in procreation, they have a very acute sense of sme...
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Alcohol Consumption Behavioral Disorders
2,805 wordsWhen one suggests that a behavior is determined genetically, then one horribly oversimplifies the situation, and negates the importance of culture and free will in determining how a person behaves. One behavior that has gained large-scale acceptance as having a partial genetic cause is that of alcoholism. This genetic cause I expressed in terms of risk factor. It has often been noted that the children of alcoholics are more at risk of becoming addicted to alcohol than are other children. in the ...
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