Animal Communication
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Acute illness induces the release of aversive odor cues from adult, but not prepubertal, male rats and suppresses social investigation by conspecifics.

29 Sep 2009 The present study examined odorant communication during acute illness provoked by injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 100 microg/kg) and how these effects vary between prepubertal and adult conspecifics. Exposure to odor of LPS-treated adult male ... Read more...

Central vasopressin and oxytocin receptor distributions in two species of singing mice.

29 Sep 2009 The neuropeptides arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT) are key modulators of vertebrate sociality. Although some general behavioral functions of AVP and OT are broadly conserved, the detailed consequences of peptide release seem to be ... Read more...

From communication signals to human language and thought: evolution or revolution?

21 Sep 2009 This article addresses a question which has in recent years been widely discussed: that of the specific features of mental functions and language in humans as compared with other higher biological species. The main hypotheses of the origin and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Animal Communication'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Acute illness induces the release of aversive odor cues from adult, but not prepubertal, male rats and suppresses social investigation by conspecifics. 29 Sep 2009
• Central vasopressin and oxytocin receptor distributions in two species of singing mice. 29 Sep 2009
• Behavioural ecology: Winged warnings. 29 Sep 2009
• From communication signals to human language and thought: evolution or revolution? 21 Sep 2009
• Differential sensitivity to human communication in dogs, wolves, and human infants. 2 Sep 2009
• Behavior. Like infant, like dog. 2 Sep 2009
• Do great apes use emotional expressions to infer desires? 30 Aug 2009
• Rapid evolution of sex pheromone-producing enzyme expression in Drosophila. 2 Aug 2009
• Coral bleaching under thermal stress: putative involvement of host/symbiont recognition mechanisms. 2 Aug 2009
• Spiny lobsters use urine-borne olfactory signaling and physical aggressive behaviors to influence social status of conspecifics. 30 Jul 2009
• The performance of bonobos (Pan paniscus), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in two versions of an object-choice task. 30 Jul 2009
• Revisiting play elements and self-handicapping in play: a comparative ethogram of five Old World monkey species. 30 Jul 2009
• Do chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) spontaneously take turns in a reciprocal cooperation task? 30 Jul 2009
• Difference in plumage color used in species recognition between incipient species is linked to a single amino acid substitution in the melanocortin-1 receptor. 30 Jul 2009
• Transcriptomic profiling of central nervous system regions in three species of honey bee during dance communication behavior. 27 Jul 2009
• Materials science. Evolutionary photonics with a twist. 22 Jul 2009
• An ecologist marvels at animals that learn to eavesdrop. 21 Jul 2009
• Rationality in collective decision-making by ant colonies. 20 Jul 2009
• Western scrub-jays conceal auditory information when competitors can hear but cannot see. 13 Jul 2009
• Animal communication: laughter is the shortest distance between two apes. 12 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Animal Communication'

Definition: Communication between animals involving the giving off by one individual of some chemical or physical signal, that, on being received by another, influences its behavior.

Descriptor UI: D000819

Alternative terms: Animal Communication; Animal Communications; Communication, Animal; Communications, Animal;

Related Mesh Headings: Pheromones; Vocalization, Animal;

Tree Number: F01.145.113.055;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: no qualif; do not forget also to check tag ANIMALS