The postpubertal change in the playful defense of male rats depends upon neonatal exposure to gonadal hormones

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 151-155

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Castration; Development; Gonadal hormones; Play fighting; Rattus norvegicus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT;

EID: 0030704285     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00397-1     Document Type: Article

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