Ontogenetic interaction between social relationships and defensive burying behavior in the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 751-759

  Arakawa, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defensive burying; Dominance relationships; Isolation; Juvenile play; Rats; Sex differences; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS;

EID: 33947599159     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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