Female presence and estrous state influence mouse ultrasonic courtship vocalizations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Hanson, Jessica L ^a   Hurley, Laura M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOUND DETECTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; COURTSHIP; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS; VIDEO RECORDING; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

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EID: 84864005164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040782     Document Type: Article

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