The frequency of playful attack and the style of playful defense, are modifiable by gonadal steroids and change after puberty in male and female rats.
play fighting is the most commonly occurring form of social play in juvenile mammals. Typically, males engage in more play righting than females, and this
The play fighting behaviour of male rats (Rattus norvegicus) castrated at weaning was compared to that of intact controls during the juvenile and post-pubertal phases
Treatment with d-amphetamine has been shown to cause a decrease in play fighting by juvenile rats. Previous studies, however, did not determine if all behavioral
Enucleated juvenile rats were compared to sighted juveniles, and tested over six trials. In some of these trials, the vibrissae were clipped and the test
Catalepsy, a symptom of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders can be produced in rats and other laboratory animals by the blockade of nigrostriatal dopamine using
Rats protect food by dodging horizontally away from a conspecific. Females and males use different movement and stepping patterns to execute a dodge. An unresolved
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