Behavioral and hormonal effects of partner familiarity in periadolescent rat pairs upon novelty exposure

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 639-656

  Livia Terranova, M ^a   Cirulli, Francesca ^b   Laviola, Giovanni ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Sect of Behavioural Pathophysiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Environmental novelty; Partner familiarity; Periadolescence; Rat; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 0344573886     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(99)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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