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Author Parker, M.; Redhead, E.S.; Goodwin, D.; McBride, S.D. url  doi
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  Title Impaired instrumental choice in crib-biting horses (Equus caballus) Type Journal Article
  Year (up) 2008 Publication Behavioural Brain Research Abbreviated Journal Behav. Brain. Res.  
  Volume 191 Issue 1 Pages 137-140  
  Keywords Horse; Stereotypy; Striatum; Dopamine; Concurrent-chain schedules; Choice  
  Abstract Horses displaying an oral stereotypy were tested on an instrumental choice paradigm to examine differences in learning from non-stereotypic counterparts. Stereotypic horses are known to have dysfunction of the dorsomedial striatum, and lesion studies have shown that this region may mediate response-outcome learning. The paradigm was specifically applied in order to examine learning that requires maintenance of response-outcome judgements. The non-stereotypic horses learned, over three sessions, to choose a more immediate reinforcer, whereas the stereotypic horses failed to do so. This suggests an initial behavioural correlate for dorsomedial striatum dysregulation in the stereotypy phenotype.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4830  
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Author McBride, S.D.; Parker, M.O.; Roberts, K.; Hemmings, A. url  doi
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  Title Applied neurophysiology of the horse; implications for training, husbandry and welfare Type Journal Article
  Year (up) 2017 Publication Applied Animal Behaviour Science Abbreviated Journal Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci.  
  Volume 190 Issue Pages 90-101  
  Keywords Horse; Neurophysiology; Behaviour; Endophenotype; Equitation science; Welfare  
  Abstract Understanding the neural circuits underlying equine behaviour has the potential to help optimise strategies of husbandry and training. This review discusses two areas of neurophysiological research in a range of species and relates this information to the horse. The first discussion focuses on mechanisms of learning and motivation and assesses how this information can be applied to improve the training of the horse. The second concerns the identification of the equine neurophysiological phenotype, through behavioural and genetic probes, as a way of improving strategies for optimal equine husbandry and training success. The review finishes by identifying directions for future research with an emphasis on how neurophysiological systems (and thus behaviour) can be modified through strategic husbandry. This review highlights how a neurophysioloigical understanding of horse behaviour can play an important role in attaining the primary objectives of equitation science as well as improving the welfare of the horse.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 6627  
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