Rat infant isolation vocalizations and their modulation by social cues as a model of expression of infantile emotionality

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue C, 2010, Pages 227-240

  Muller, Jeff ^a   Brunelli, Susan ^a   Shair, Harry ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; D1, D2 receptors; dopamine; emotional expression; infant isolation vocalization; nucleus accumbens; pharmacology; rat pups; ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650178882     PISSN: 15697339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374593-4.00023-1     Document Type: Chapter

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