Acta Vet. Brno 2022, 91: 391-400

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb202291040391

Social housing promotes cognitive function and reduces anxiety and depressive-like behaviours in rats

Jaroslav Nádeníček1,2, Eva Voslářová2, Veronika Vojtkovská2, Zoran Todorović3, Vladimír Večerek2

1Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Brno, Czech Republic
2University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, Department of Animal Protection and Welfare and Veterinary Public Health, Brno, Czech Republic
3University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Belgrade, Serbia

Received February 11, 2022
Accepted October 10, 2022

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