Rapid facilitation of ultrasound production and lordosis in female hamsters by horizontal cuts between the septum and preoptic area

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-40

  Floody, Owen R ^a   Czipri, Sheena L ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior roof deafferentation; ARD; Hamster; Lordosis; Preoptic area; Septum; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LORDOSIS; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TACTILE STIMULATION; VOCALIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ZONA INCERTA;

ANTERIOR ROOF DEAFFERENTATION; ARD; HAMSTER; LORDOSIS; PREOPTIC AREA; SEPTUM; ULTRASOUND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CRICETINAE; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREOPTIC AREA; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84885755339     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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