Studies on Open Field Behavior performed in our laboratory during the years 1989-1998.
 

1.      Eilam, D. and Golani,  I, .(1989)  Home base behavior of rats (Rattus norvegicus) exploring a novel environment. Behavioral. Brain Research, 34,  199-211.

2.      Eilam, D., Golani, I. and Szechtman, H. (1989) D2 Agonist quinripole induces perseveration of routes and hyperactivity but no perseveration of movements.

        Brain Research,  460,  255-267.

3.      Eilam, D., and Golani, I. (1990 Home base behavior in amphetamine-treated tame wild rats (Rattus norvegicus). Behavioral Brain Research, 36,   161-170.

4.     Golani, I., Benjamini, Y. and Eilam, D.  Stopping behavior: Constraints on exploration in rats (Rattus  norvegicus). Behavioral Brain Research, 53,  1993, 21-33.

5.     Tchernichovski, O. and Golani, I. (1995) A phase plane representation of rat exploratory behavior.  Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 62, 21-27.

6.     Tchernichovski, O., Benjamini, Y. and Golani, I. (1996) Constraints and the emergence of freedom in the ontogeny of rat exploratory behavior.  Behaviour 133, 519-539.

7.     Tchernichovski, O., Benjamini, Y., and Golani, I. (1998)  The dynamics of long-term exploration in the rat. Part I. A phase-plane analysis of the relationship between

        location and  velocity. Biol. Cybern. 78, 423-432.