Assessment of ultrasonic vocalizations during drug self-administration in rats

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 41, 2010, Pages

  Maier, Esther Y ^a   Ma, Sean T ^b   Ahrens, Allison ^a   Schallert, Timothy J ^a   Duvauchelle, Christine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 80055111442     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2041     Document Type: Article

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