Dominance and age-related changes in the play fighting of intact and post-weaning castrated male rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-226

  Smith, Lori K ^a   Field, Evelyn F ^a   Forgie, Margaret L ^a   Pellis, Sergio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Castration; Development; Dominance; Gonadal hormones; Juvenile; Play fighting; Rat; Rattus norvegicus; Weaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030536782     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1996)22:3<215::AID-AB6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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