Selection, evolution of behavior and animal models in behavioral neuroscience

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 957-970

  Parmigiani, Stefano ^a   Palanza, Paola ^a   Rodgers, John ^b   Ferrari, Piers Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Chlordiazepoxide; Explor ation; Genes; Infanticide; Mice; Selection; Strain

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; MALE; MICE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROSCIENCES; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032716508     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(99)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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