Measuring agonistic behavior in zebrafish

Neuromethods

Volumn 51, Issue , 2011, Pages 125-134

  Schneider, Henning ^a  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; dominance; event plot; histogram; social isolation; subordinance

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TANK; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 78149320202     PISSN: 08932336     EISSN: 19406045     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-953-6_10     Document Type: Article

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