Social play behavior, ultrasonic vocalizations and their modulation by morphine and amphetamine in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1661-1673

  Manduca, Antonia ^a   Campolongo, Patrizia ^b   Palmery, Maura ^b   Vanderschuren, Louk J M J ^c,d   Cuomo, Vincenzo ^b   Trezza, Viviana ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Opioids; Psychostimulants; Social behavior; USV

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PLAY BEHAVIOR; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84898598992     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3337-9     Document Type: Article

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