Pellis, Sergio M.

Differential rates of attack, defense, and counterattack during the developmental decrease in play fighting by male and female rats

Pellis, S. M., & Pellis, V. C. (1990) · Developmental Psychobiology

Animal Behavior and ReproductionPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 255

Multiple Differences in the Play Fighting of Male and Female Rats. Implications for the Causes and Functions of Play

PELLIS, S. M., FIELD, E. F., SMITH, L. K., & PELLIS, V. C. (1997) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorSexual Differentiation and Disorders

Cited by 234

Impact of adolescent social experiences on behavior and neural circuits implicated in mental illnesses

Burke, A. R., McCormick, C. M., Pellis, S. M., & Lukkes, J. L. (2017) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Stress Responses and CortisolNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 225

Rough-and-Tumble Play and the Development of the Social Brain

Pellis, S. M., & Pellis, V. C. (2007) · Current Directions in Psychological Science

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 225

Juvenile peer play experience and the development of the orbitofrontal and medial prefrontal cortices

Bell, H. C., Pellis, S. M., & Kolb, B. (2010) · Behavioural Brain Research

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 217

Play fighting of rats in comparative perspective: a schema for neurobehavioral analyses

Pellis, S. M., & Pellis, V. C. (1998) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 210

Rough‐and‐tumble play as a window on animal communication

Palagi, E., Burghardt, G. M., Smuts, B., Cordoni, G., Dall'Olio, S., Fouts, H. N., Řeháková‐Petrů, M., Siviy, S. M., & Pellis, S. M. (2016) · Biological Reviews

Primate Behavior and EcologyAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Cited by 209

What is play fighting and what is it good for?

Pellis, S. M., & Pellis, V. C. (2017) · Learning & Behavior

Primate Behavior and EcologyAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Cited by 160

Intrinsic and extrinsic influences on play fighting in rats: effects of dominance, partner's playfulness, temperament and neonatal exposure to testosterone propionate

Pellis, S. M., & McKenna, M. M. (1992) · Behavioural Brain Research

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Cited by 134

Sex Differences in Play Fighting Revisited: Traditional and Nontraditional Mechanisms of Sexual Differentiation in Rats

Pellis, S. M. (2002) · Archives of Sexual Behavior

Sexual Differentiation and DisordersGenetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Cited by 124

The effects of orbital frontal cortex damage on the modulation of defensive responses by rats in playful and nonplayful social contexts.

Pellis, S. M., Hastings, E., Shimizu, T., Kamitakahara, H., Komorowska, J., Forgie, M. L., & Kolb, B. (2006) · Behavioral Neuroscience

Memory and Neural MechanismsNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Cited by 116

The role of the medial prefrontal cortex in the play fighting of rats.

Bell, H. C., McCaffrey, D. R., Forgie, M. L., Kolb, B., & Pellis, S. M. (2009) · Behavioral Neuroscience

Memory and Neural MechanismsNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Cited by 114

Accelerated nervous system development contributes to behavioral efficiency in the laboratory mouse: A behavioral review and theoretical proposal

Whishaw, I. Q., Metz, G. A. S., Kolb, B., & Pellis, S. M. (2001) · Developmental Psychobiology

Animal Behavior and ReproductionPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 110

Are 50-kHz calls used as play signals in the playful interactions of rats? I. Evidence from the timing and context of their use

Himmler, B. T., Kisko, T. M., Euston, D. R., Kolb, B., & Pellis, S. M. (2014) · Behavioural Processes

Animal Vocal Communication and BehaviorPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 87

The relationship between forelimb morphology and behaviour in North American carnivores (Carnivora)

Iwaniuk, A. N., Pellis, S. M., & Whishaw, I. Q. (1999) · Canadian Journal of Zoology

Evolution and Paleontology StudiesComparative Animal Anatomy Studies

Cited by 83

How domestication modulates play behavior: A comparative analysis between wild rats and a laboratory strain of Rattus norvegicus.

Himmler, B. T., Stryjek, R., Modlinska, K., Derksen, S. M., Pisula, W., & Pellis, S. M. (2013) · Journal of Comparative Psychology

Human-Animal Interaction StudiesAnimal Behavior and Reproduction

Cited by 82

Peering into the Dynamics of Social Interactions: Measuring Play Fighting in Rats

Himmler, B. T., Pellis, V. C., & Pellis, S. M. (2013) · Journal of Visualized Experiments

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 81

Different levels of complexity in the play-fighting by muroid rodents appear to result from different levels of intensity of attack and defense.

Pellis, S. M., Pellis, V. C., & Dewsbury, D. A. (1989) · Aggressive Behavior

Animal Behavior and ReproductionPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 80

Specific 50-kHz vocalizations are tightly linked to particular types of behavior in juvenile rats anticipating play

Burke, C. J., Kisko, T. M., Swiftwolfe, H., Pellis, S. M., & Euston, D. R. (2017) · PLOS ONE

Animal Vocal Communication and BehaviorPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 78

Play fighting and the development of the social brain: The rat’s tale

Pellis, S. M., Pellis, V. C., Ham, J. R., & Stark, R. A. (2023) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Cited by 76

Feminine dimension in the play fighting of rats (Rattus norvegicus) and its defeminization neonatally by androgens.

Pellis, S. M., Pellis, V. C., & McKenna, M. M. (1994) · Journal of Comparative Psychology

Sexual Differentiation and DisordersNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Cited by 76

Locomotor‐rotational movements in the ontogeny and play of the laboratory rat RATTUS norvegicus

Pellis, S. M., & Pellis, V. C. (1983) · Developmental Psychobiology

Primate Behavior and EcologyChildren's Physical and Motor Development

Cited by 71

The role of the striatum in organizing sequences of play fighting in neonatally dopamine-depleted rats

Pellis, S. M., Castañeda, E., McKenna, M. M., Tran-Nguyen, L. T. L., & Whishaw, I. Q. (1993) · Neuroscience Letters

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Cited by 68

Domestication and diversification: A comparative analysis of the play fighting of the Brown Norway, Sprague-Dawley, and Wistar laboratory strains of (Rattus norvegicus).

Himmler, S. M., Modlinska, K., Stryjek, R., Himmler, B. T., Pisula, W., & Pellis, S. M. (2014) · Journal of Comparative Psychology

Animal Behavior and ReproductionHuman-Animal Interaction Studies

Cited by 67