Sergio M. Pellis

Sex differences in play fighting revisited: traditional and nontraditional mechanisms of sexual differentiation in rats.

Impairment of pronation, supination, and body co-ordination in reach-to-grasp tasks in human Parkinson's disease (PD) reveals homology to deficits in animal models.

Brain system size and adult-adult play in primates: a comparative analysis of the roles of the non-visual neocortex and the amygdala.

Vestibular information is required for dead reckoning in the rat.

The development of "roughness" in the play fighting of rats: a Laban Movement Analysis perspective.

Experience and cortical control over the pubertal transition to rougher play fighting in rats.

Development of play fighting in kindling-prone (FAST) and kindling-resistant (SLOW) rats: how does the retention of phenotypic juvenility affect the complexity of play?

Regulatory mechanisms underlying novelty-induced grooming in the laboratory rat.

A masculinized skeletomusculature is not necessary for male-typical patterns of food-protective movement.

Neonatal and pubertal, but not adult, ovarian steroids are necessary for the development of female-typical patterns of dodging to protect a food item.

Pallidal deep brain stimulation and L-dopa do not improve qualitative aspects of skilled reaching in Parkinson's disease.

Sex differences in righting from supine to prone in rats (Rattus norvegicus): a masculinized skeletomusculature is not required.

Motor deficits in Parkinsonian reaching: dopa-sensitivity influenced by real-world task constraint.

Play fighting in androgen-insensitive tfm rats: evidence that androgen receptors are necessary for the development of adult playful attack and defense.

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

Play fighting between kindling-prone (FAST) and kindling-resistant (SLOW) rats.

Parkinsonian deficits in sensory integration for postural control: temporal response to changes in visual input.

Sexually dimorphic postural adjustments during vertical behaviour are altered in a unilateral 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson's disease.

The modulation of play fighting in rats: role of the motor cortex.

The brain as the engine of sex differences in the organization of movement in rats.

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

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

Conservative motor systems, behavioral modulation and neural plasticity.

Challenging context affects standing reach kinematics among Parkinson's disease patients.

Special issue on behavioural and neural plasticity.

To whom the play signal is directed: a study of headshaking in black-handed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi).

Tactile stimulation during development attenuates amphetamine sensitization and structurally reorganizes prefrontal cortex and striatum in a sex-dependent manner.

The use of the bared-teeth display during play fighting in Tonkean macaques (Macaca tonkeana): sometimes it is all about oneself.

Anatomy is important, but need not be destiny: novel uses of the thumb in aye-ayes compared to other lemurs.

Closing the circle between perceptions and behavior: a cybernetic view of behavior and its consequences for studying motivation and development.

Introduction to Quo Vadis behavioral neuroscience: a Festschrift for Philip Teitelbaum.

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

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

The role of the medial prefrontal cortex in regulating interanimal coordination of movements.

Are 50-kHz calls used as play signals in the playful interactions of rats? II. Evidence from the effects of devocalization.