Male and female aggressive behavior in rodents

                                              Ongoing projects

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                                            Relevant Publications

D. Maestripieri, R. De Simone, L. Aloe, E. Alleva.
    Social status and nerve growth factor serum levels after agonistic encounters in mice.
    Physiology & Behavior, 47: 161-164, 1990.
D. Maestripieri, E. Alleva.
    Maternal aggression and litter size in the female house mouse.
    Ethology, 84: 27-34, 1990.
D. Maestripieri, E. Alleva.
    Do male mice use parental care as a buffering strategy against maternal aggression?
    Animal Behaviour, 41: 904-906, 1991.
D. Maestripieri.
    Litter gender composition, food availability, and maternal defense of the young in house mice
    (Mus domesticus).
    Behaviour, 116: 139-151, 1991.
D. Maestripieri, C. Rossi-Arnaud.
    Kinship does not affect litter defense in pairs of communally nesting female house mice.
    Aggressive Behavior, 17: 223-228, 1991.
D. Maestripieri, F.R. D'Amato.
    Anxiety and maternal aggression in house mice (Mus domesticus): a look at interindividual
    variability.
    Journal of Comparative Psychology, 105: 295-301, 1991.
D. Maestripieri, E. Alleva.
    Litter defense and parental investment allocation in house mice.
    Behavioural Processes, 23: 223-230, 1991.
D. Maestripieri, A. Badiani, S. Puglisi-Allegra.
    Prepartal chronic stress increases anxiety and decreases aggression in lactating
    female mice.
    Behavioral Neuroscience, 105: 663-668, 1991.
D. Maestripieri.
    Functional aspects of maternal aggression in mammals.
    Canadian Journal of Zoology, 70: 1069-1077, 1992.
S. Bigi, D. Maestripieri, L. Aloe, E. Alleva.
    NGF decreases isolation-induced aggressive behavior, while increasing adrenal volume,
    in adult male mice.
    Physiology & Behavior, 51: 337-343, 1992.
D. Maestripieri, K. A. Carroll.
    Costs and benefits of female aggressiveness in humans and other mammals.
    Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22: 231-232, 1999.
S. Cabib, F. R. D'Amato, S. Puglisi-Allegra, D. Maestripieri.
    Behavioral and mesocorticolimbic dopamine responses to non aggressive social interactions
    depend on previous social experiences and on the opponent's sex.
    Behavioural Brain Research, 112: 13-22, 2000.

Theses and Dissertations

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