Rat pups reduce ultrasonic vocalization after exposure to an adult male rat

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 386-391

  Wiedenmayer, Christoph P ^a   Lyo, Donggon ^a   Barr, Gordon A ^a,b  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety like behavior; Immobility; Infanticide; Rat; Ultrasonic vocalization

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; INFANTICIDE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; THREAT; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0345382535     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.10112     Document Type: Article

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