Do infant rats cry?

Psychological Review

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-95

  Blumberg, Mark S ^a   Sokoloff, Greta ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE;

ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CRYING; DRUG EFFECT; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CLONIDINE; CRYING; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035221005     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.108.1.83     Document Type: Article

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