Characterization of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in male and female rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-88

  McGinnis, Marilyn Y ^a,b   Vakulenko, M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Estrogen; Sexual experience; Stimulus animal test; Ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DEVICE; EJACULATION; EXPERIMENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; STIMULATION; TIME; ULTRASOUND; VAGINA; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0141991285     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00227-0     Document Type: Article

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