Foxp2 mediates sex differences in ultrasonic vocalization by rat pups and Directs order of maternal retrieval

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3276-3283

  Bowers, J Michael ^a   Perez Pouchoulen, Miguel ^b   Edwards, N Shalon ^a   McCarthy, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUP (RODENT); RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUND; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84874199672     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0425-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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