Maternal care associates with play dominance rank among adult female rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 745-756

  Parent, Carine I ^a   Del Corpo, Adina ^a   Cameron, Nicole M ^a   Meaney, Michael J ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early experience; Parental care; Play; Reproduction; Social

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; LONG EVANS RAT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAY; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EARLY EXPERIENCE; PARENTAL CARE; PLAY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84885481628     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21070     Document Type: Article

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