Social recognition memory in rats;Memória de reconhecimento social em ratos

Psicologia USP

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 355-389

  Moura, Paula J ^a   Xavier, Gilberto F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intruder resident paradigm; Rats; Social agonistic behaviors; Social behavior; Social investigative behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650567004     PISSN: 01036564     EISSN: 16785177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-65642010000200008     Document Type: Article

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