Familiarity modulates social approach toward stressed conspecifics in female rats
M. M. Rogers-Carter, A. Djerdjaj, A. R. Culp, J. A. Elbaz, J. P. Christianson
This study shows female rats prefer to interact with familiar stressed cagemates over unfamiliar stressed rats, while both sexes avoid stressed unfamiliar conspecifics.
bioRxiv · Jul 9, 2018Animal Behavior & Cognition