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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-07-01
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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