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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2019 Jul 18;164:107042. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2019.107042

Table 1:

Behavior Definition
Immobility Complete stillness without head and body movement
Scanning Head orienting, sniffing, air sampling, without body movement
Stretch attend posture (SAP) Forward elongation of the body followed by retreat to original posture or pivoting within a circle
Self-grooming Species-typical sequence that begins with grooming of the snout, progressing to the ears and ending with whole body
Digging Using the paws to dig through bedding
Rearing Bipedal posture is supported with the hind paws
In motion Any action that incorporates both the front and hind paws and allows for full body movement