The incentive value of males' 50-khz ultrasonic vocalizations for female rats (rattus norvegicus)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-55

  Snoeren, Eelke M S ^a   Ågmo, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Devocalization; Female rats; Sexual incentive motivation; Ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; SOUND; VOCALIZATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; MALE; MOTIVATION; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84894100502     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033204     Document Type: Article

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