| Literature DB >> 17660687 |
Haruo Hashimoto1, Naoki Moritani, Masahiro Katou, Takako Nishiya, Pudcharaporn Kromkhun, Makoto Yokosuka, Minoru Tanaka, Toru R Saito.
Abstract
Ontogenetic changes of USVs were investigated to establish an index of stress in infant rats. The USVs were obtained by exposing infant rats to cold stress and were analyzed by real-time spectrography. USV waveforms consisted of four types, R-I, II, III and IV. These USVs were closely monitored at the age of 3-7 days in both sexes. From day 14, the frequency and incidence of USVs gradually decreased and had disappeared completely at the age of 21 days. Therefore, USVs should be useful in estimating the stress of infant rats between the ages of 3-7 days.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17660687 DOI： 10.1538/expanim.56.315
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Anim ISSN： 0007-5124