Play fighting of rats in comparative perspective: A schema for neurobehavioral analyses

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-101

  Pellis, Sergio M ^a   Pellis, Vivien C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neurobehavioral analysis; Play fighting; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; RODENT;

EID: 0343348492     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00071-7     Document Type: Article

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