A description of the ontogeny of mouse agonistic behavior

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-12

  Terranova, Maria Livia ^a   Laviola, Giovanni ^a   De Acetis, Luigi ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HABITUATION; MALE; MOUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

AGING; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; MICE; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0032014928     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0735-7036.112.1.3     Document Type: Article

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