Thermoregulatory behavior in infant Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) and Syrian golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus): Arousal, orientation, and locomotion

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 228-239

  Sokoloff, Greta ^b   Blumberg, Mark S ^a   Boline, Elizabeth A ^b   Johnson, Eric D ^b   Streeper, Necole M ^b  

^a The University of Iowa   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAMSTER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYRIAN HAMSTER; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85047670776     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.116.3.228     Document Type: Article

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