Does the early social environment affect structure and consistency of personality in wild-type male's rat?

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 614-623

  Gracceva, Giulia ^a   Koolhaas, Jaap M ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral syndrome; Coping style; Early life environment; Explorative behavior; Litter composition; Ontogeny; Rattus norvegicus; Social behavior; Structural consistency; Temperament

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PERSONALITY; RATS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 80051874474     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20586     Document Type: Article

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