Although maternal agression in rats is confined to a restricted post-partum period, the high and stable aggression level and the constancy of its behavioural structure make it an attractive experimental procedure for studying the behavioural effects of psychotropic drugs. Female rats were tested aga
Maternal aggression in rats: Lack of interaction between chlordiazepoxide and fluprazine
โ Scribed by Berend Olivier; Jan Mos; Ruud Oorschot
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 398 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3158
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