The role of ultrasonic vocalizations in mouse communication

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-120

  Portfors, Christine V ^a   Perkel, David J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; COURTSHIP; LEARNING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION; VOCALIZATION; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; SIGNAL DETECTION; TERRITORIALITY; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84904738985     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.07.002     Document Type: Review

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