Skilled forelimb movements in prey catching and in reaching by rats (Rattus norvegicus) and opossums (Monodelphis domestica): Relations to anatomical differences in motor systems

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 163-181

  Ivanco, Tammy L ^a   Pellis, Sergio M ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laterality in opossums; Monodelphis domestica; Predation; Prey catching in opossums; Prey catching in rats; Skilled reaching in opossums; Skilled reaching in rats

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030245568     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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