Animal Aggression: Rats

Videos for Aggression Courses

This is a partial list of what’s out there based on a non-exhaustive survey of the Internet. No promises are made about the accuracy of the material; some of the videos were spot-checked for comprehensibility, but no fact-checking has been done. It is up to users to review the films and videos and decide on their suitability. A few that I have used myself are framed by questions I asked students to answer.
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Rat offense and defense:

The Resident-Intruder Paradigm: A Standardized Test for Aggression, Violence and Social Stress
Jaap M. Koolhaas, Caroline M. Coppens, Sietse F. de Boer, Bauke Buwalda, Peter Meerlo, and Paul J.A. Timmermans. (2013). JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), (77): 4367. Published online July 4, 2013. doi: 10.3791/4367 PMCID: PMC3731199.

Illustration of the resident–intruder paradigm, which is now a standard protocol for studying aggression in rats. Residents show offensive aggression, intruders show defense.

Maternal aggression:

Using Chronic Social Stress to Model Postpartum Depression in Lactating Rodents
Carini, L. M., Murgatroyd, C. A., & Nephew, B. C. (2013). JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), (76), e50324-e50324.

The overall goal of the experiment is to create a ethologically relevant rodent model to study postpartum mood disorders.

Playfighting:

Peering Into the Dynamics of Social Interactions: Measuring Play Fighting in Rats
Himmler, B. T., Pellis, V. C., & Pellis, S. M. (2013). JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), (71), e4288-e4288.

The aim of this procedure is to create a controlled environment which maximizes the occurrence of playful behavior and to analyze the organization of the resulting playful behavior.

Videos for Aggression Courses

Animal Aggression: Rats

Rat offense and defense:

Maternal aggression:

Playfighting:

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