Some guidelines for defining personality differences in rats

Handbook of Behavior Genetics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 281-300

  Driscoll, Peter ^a   Fernàndez Teruel, Alberto ^b   Corda, Maria G ^c   Giorgi, Osvaldo ^c   Steimer, Thierry ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-76727-7_20     Document Type: Chapter

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