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Interacting Cannabinoid and Opioid Receptors in the Nucleus Accumbens Core Control Adolescent Social Play

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Sex Differences in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Key Role for the Immune System

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Methylphenidate and Atomoxetine Inhibit Social Play Behavior through Prefrontal and Subcortical Limbic Mechanisms in Rats

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Social withdrawal: An initially adaptive behavior that becomes maladaptive when expressed excessively

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Play, variation in play and the development of socially competent rats

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The neurobiology of social play behaviour: Past, present and future

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From play to aggression: high-frequency 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations as play and appeasement signals in rats

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Social Play Behavior Is Critical for the Development of Prefrontal Inhibitory Synapses and Cognitive Flexibility in Rats

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Subjecting Dams to Early Life Stress and Perinatal Fluoxetine Treatment Differentially Alters Social Behavior in Young and Adult Rat Offspring

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Effects of Maternal Deprivation and Complex Housing on Rat Social Behavior in Adolescence and Adulthood

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Sex Differences in the Behavioral and Synaptic Consequences of a Single in vivo Exposure to the Synthetic Cannabimimetic WIN55,212-2 at Puberty and Adulthood

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Adolescent social rejection alters pain processing in a CB1 receptor dependent manner

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Dissociating the role of endocannabinoids in the pleasurable and motivational properties of social play behaviour in rats

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Altered behavior, brain structure, and neurometabolites in a rat model of autism-specific maternal autoantibody exposure

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Male Long Evans rats reared with a Fischer-344 peer during the juvenile period show deficits in social competency: a role for play

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Domestication and the Role of Social Play on the Development of Sociocognitive Skills in Rats

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Cats just want to have fun: Associations between play and welfare in domestic cats

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Adult-Juvenile Play Fighting in Rats: Insight into the Experiences that Facilitate the Development of Socio-Cognitive Skills

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Why Do Birds Flock? A Role for Opioids in the Reinforcement of Gregarious Social Interactions

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The dark side of play: play fighting as a substitute for real fighting in domestic pigs, Sus scrofa

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Animal play and evolution: Seven timely research issues about enigmatic phenomena

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Modelling fragile X syndrome in the laboratory setting: A behavioral perspective

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Play for prey: do deer fawns play to develop species-typical antipredator tactics or to prepare for the unexpected?

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The Effect of Maternal Immune Activation on Social Play-Induced Ultrasonic Vocalization in Rats

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Who’s laughing? Play, tickling and ultrasonic vocalizations in rats.

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Individual differences in social play behaviour predict alcohol intake and control over alcohol seeking in rats

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The Behavior and Postnatal Development in Infant and Juvenile Rats After Ultrasound-Induced Chronic Prenatal Stress

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The emergence and early development of socio-sexual behavior in beluga calves (Delphinapterus leucas)

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The Goldilocks Principle: Balancing Familiarity and Novelty in the Selection of Play Partners in Groups of Juvenile Male Rats

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Cariprazine alleviates core behavioral deficits in the prenatal valproic acid exposure model of autism spectrum disorder

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Subchronic Arsenic Exposure Induces Behavioral Impairments and Hippocampal Damage in Rats

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Deficient Play-Derived Experiences in Juvenile Long Evans Rats Reared with a Fischer 344 Partner: A Deficiency Shared by Both Sexes

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Multiple benefits of juvenile play: A ground squirrel's perspective

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Pinning in the Play Fighting of Rats: A Comparative Perspective With Methodological Recommendations

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Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of human father-child rough-and-tumble play

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Maternal deprivation affects goat kids’ social behavior before and after weaning

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Social play behavior shapes the development of prefrontal inhibition in a region-specific manner

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Play fighting revisited: its design features and how they shape our understanding of its mechanisms and functions

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Play and welfare in domestic cats: Current knowledge and future directions

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Midazolam Prevents the Adverse Outcome of Neonatal Asphyxia

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

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The psychobiology of play: Theoretical and methodological perspectives

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