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3823167

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of the present study was to know whether 22-28-kHz vocalizations have any communicatory role in the regulation of aggressive behavior in male rats of the Wistar strain. In pairs of intact rats 22-28-kHz vocalizations showed a positive correlation with the extent of aggressive behavior. The pattern of aggressive behavior during ultrasonic vocalizations was different from that just before and just after the vocalizations. However, surgically deafened rats were less active in aggressive behavior and more active in ambulatory activity in the open field than the controls. Muted rats were not different from the controls in both aggressive behavior and ambulatory activity. The present result that the deprivation of ultrasonic signals failed to increase aggressive behavior does not support the classical hypothesis that ultrasonic vocalizations inhibit the initiation of aggressive behavior. It is concluded that ultrasounds emitted during aggressive encounters may have little communicative value in male rats.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0031-9384
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
545-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Ultrasonic vocalizations and aggressive behavior in male rats.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article