Temperament in the rat: Sex differences and hormonal influences on harm avoidance and novelty seeking

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 488-497

  Ray, J ^a   Hansen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; ESTRUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HORMONES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 2542503510     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.118.3.488     Document Type: Article

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