Experience and cortical control over the pubertal transition to rougher play fighting in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-76

  Foroud, Afra ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a   Pellis, Sergio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Play fighting; Pubertal transition; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIENCE; FIGHTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; REARING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0346040229     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00230-4     Document Type: Article

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