Empathy is moderated by genetic background in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Chen, QiLiang ^a   Panksepp, Jules B ^a   Lahvis, Garet P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPATHY; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SOCIAL STRESS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

MUS;

EID: 84887212502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004387     Document Type: Article

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