Pre-clinical models of brain affective circuits provide relevant evidence for understanding the brain systems that figure heavily in psychiatric disorders. Social isolation and the resulting
The effects of radical neonatal decortication on the social play of juvenile rats, as well as the effects of neonatal ablation of frontal or parietal
Social play of juvenile rats was analyzed following administration of either the serotonin receptor agonist quipazine (1, 2.5, 5 and 10 mg/kg) or the antagonist
The social play of pairs of juvenile rats can be brought under tight experimental control using social deprivation, and it can be objectively quantified by
The social play of juvenile rats was observed following administration of either the ?-2-adrenergic agonist clonidine (0.1, 0.5, 1, 5, 10, and 50 ?g/kg) or
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