Motor Activity in Group-Housed and Isolated Mice with Short and Long Attack Latencies: Effects of Scopolamine

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 328-336

  Moragrega, I ^a   Carrasco, M C ^a   Vicens, P ^b   Redolat, Redolat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attack latency; Isolation; Mice; Motor activity; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036311433     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.90029     Document Type: Article

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