Ultrasonic communication in rats: Can playback of 50-kHz calls induce approach behavior?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Wöhr, Markus ^a   Schwarting, Rainer K W ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ULTRASOUND; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 44449173006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001365     Document Type: Article

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