Playful defensive responses in adult male rats depend on the status of the unfamiliar opponent

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-152

  Smith, L K ^a,b   Fantella, S L N ^a   Pellis, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dominance; Familiarity; Play fighting; Rattus norvegicus; Social testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033249616     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1999)25:2<141::AID-AB6>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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