Licking behavior in the rat: Measurement and situational control of licking frequency

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 751-760

  Weijnen, Jan A W M ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Drinking configuration; Drinkometer; Fluid ingestion; Lapping; Lick sensor; Licking frequency; Lickometer; Rat; Rate; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLUID INTAKE; LICKING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; TONGUE; WATER;

EID: 0031784507     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(98)00003-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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