Mild environmental intervention in mother-infant interactions reduces social play behavior in rats

Psychology and Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-44

  Karkow, Ana Raquel M ^a   Lucion, Aldo B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Early life intervention; Juvenile rats; Neonatal handling; Play behavior; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84879588903     PISSN: 19843054     EISSN: 19833288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3922/j.psns.2013.1.07     Document Type: Article

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