Effects of non-contact exposure to rodents on defensive behaviors in mice

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-17

  Kemble, Ernest D ^a   Whitehill, M E ^a   Engstrom, Amy M ^a   Goblirsch, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensive behaviors; Gerbils; Mice; Non contact rodent exposure; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; GERBIL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030880650     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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