Correlated behavioral traits in rats of the roman selection lines

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-226

  Coppens, Caroline M ^a   De Boer, Sietse F ^a   Steimer, Thierry ^b   Koolhaas, Jaap M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coping style; Impulsivity; Offensive aggression; Operant behavior; Roman rats; Two way active avoidance

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; IMPULSIVENESS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MALE; RATS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84877807730     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-013-9588-8     Document Type: Article

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