Back to basics: Searching for a comprehensive framework for exploring individual differences in zebrafish (Danio Rerio) behavior

Zebrafish

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 325-340

  Toms, Christina N ^a   Echevarria, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; ZEBRA FISH;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84905223046     PISSN: 15458547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2013.0952     Document Type: Article

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