Ultrasonic Vocalizations of Rats (Rattus norvegicus) During Mating, Play, and Aggression: Behavioral Concomitants, Relationship to Reward, and Self-Administration of Playback

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-367

  Burgdorf, Jeffrey ^a   Kroes, Roger A ^a   Moskal, Joseph R ^a   Pfaus, James G ^b   Brudzynski, Stefan M ^c   Panksepp, Jaak ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Applied Physiology

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

22 kHz calls; 50 kHz calls; emotion; rats; ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEAR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; RECREATION; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOUND DETECTION; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEAR; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RATS; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 56749150859     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012889     Document Type: Article

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