Repeated exposure to social stress alters the development of agonistic behavior in male golden hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 229-236

  Wommack, Joel C ^a   Taravosh Lahn, Kereshmeh ^a   David, J Tracey ^a   Delville, Yvon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Chronic stress; Flank marking; Play fighting; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACK; CHEEK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FACE; FIGHTING; HAMSTER; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037222348     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(02)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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