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Rodent Play Behavior

Rodent Play Behavior is a scientific construct that refers to the observable, spontaneous, and structurally distinct patterns of social and locomotor activities exhibited by rodents during developmental stages, distinguished by their characteristic forms such as pinning, ambushing, and rapid approach-retreat sequences, which serve functional roles in neural, cognitive, and social development.

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The ontogeny of play in rats

Jaak Panksepp · Developmental Psychobiology · 1981 · 539 citations

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Ultrasonic vocalizations of rats (Rattus norvegicus) during mating, play, and aggression: Behavioral concomitants, relationship to reward, and self-administration of playback..

Jeffrey Burgdorf, Roger A. Kroes, Joseph R. Moskal et al. · Journal of comparative psychology · 2008 · 469 citations

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Anticipation of play elicits high-frequency ultrasonic vocalizations in young rats.

Brian Knutson, Jeffrey Burgdorf, Jaak Panksepp · Journal of comparative psychology · 1998 · 449 citations

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Social deprivation and play in rats

Jaak Panksepp, William W. Beatty · Behavioral and Neural Biology · 1980 · 414 citations

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From house mouse to mouse house: the behavioural biology of free-living Mus musculus and its implications in the laboratory

Naomi Latham, Georgia Mason · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 2004 · 346 citations · Full text

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  1. SM
    Sergio M. Pellis

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    62 publications · 3.9K citations

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  2. SM
    Stephen M. Siviy

    Gettysburg College, United States

    22 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. JP
    Jaak Panksepp

    Bowling Green State University, United States

    23 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. VC
    Vivien C. Pellis

    University of Lethbridge, Canada

    20 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. LJ
    Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    14 publications · 1.3K citations

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  1. University of Lethbridge

    Lethbridge, Canada

    33 h-index

    161 publications

    8.3K citations

  2. Bowling Green State University

    Bowling Green, United States

    17 h-index

    31 publications

    4.5K citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    17 h-index

    35 publications

    2.5K citations

  4. University Medical Center Utrecht

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    16 h-index

    47 publications

    4.7K citations

  5. Gettysburg College

    Gettysburg, United States

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. North Dakota State University

    Fargo, United States

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Roma Tre University

    Rome, Italy

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Developmental Psychobiology

    32 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. Physiology & Behavior

    35 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. Animal Behaviour

    18 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. Behavioral Neuroscience

    15 publications · 967 citations

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  5. Aggressive Behavior

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

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