Facial expressions of mice in aggressive and fearful contexts

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 680-685

  Defensor, Erwin B ^a   Corley, Michael J ^a   Blanchard, Robert J ^a   Blanchard, D Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Communication; Evolution; Facial expression; Fear; Mice; Protection

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CAT; CHEEK; EAR; EYELID MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CATS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; MALE; MICE; RATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84870719836     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.03.024     Document Type: Article

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