Juvenile male rats form preferences based on strain when playing in groups but not in pairs
Like many young mammals, juvenile rats engage in rough-and-tumble play. Play occurs naturally both in wild and laboratory rats, making it a suitable, ethologically relevant behavior to investigate. In the laboratory, rats are typically housed and tested in dyads, despite living in large colonies in...
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| Main Authors: | Jackson R. Ham, Diya Jaiswal, Renata Waner-Mariquito, Sergio M. Pellis, E. J. Marijke Achterberg |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1617178/full |
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