Primate vocalizations during social separation and aggression: Effects of alcohol and benzodiazepines

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-264

  Weerts, Elise M ^a,b   Miczek, Klaus A ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Benzodiazepines; Communication; Isolation; Primates; Social behavior; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JUVENILE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SQUIRREL MONKEY; THREAT; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0029803205     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246134     Document Type: Article

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