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Blumberg,
M. S., Freeman, J. H., & Robinson, S. R. (eds) The
Oxford Handbook of Developmental Behavioral Neuroscience. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
(Amazon.com)
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Blumberg,
M. S. Basic Instinct: The Genesis of Behavior. New
York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005.
(Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com)
Gary
Greenberg's review in Developmental Psychobiology (pdf)
Review in Scientific American Mind (pdf)
Other reviews
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Blumberg,
M. S. Body Heat: Temperature and Life on Earth. Cambridge:
Harvard University Press, 2002.
(Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com)
Jeff Alberts'
review in Developmental Psychobiology (pdf)
James Brown's review in the Journal of Mammalogy (pdf)
Other
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Articles
and Chapters
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Todd, W. D.,
Gibson, J. L., Shaw, C. S., and Blumberg, M. S. Brainstem
and hypothalamic regulation of sleep pressure and rebound
in newborn rats. Behavioral
Neuroscience, in press. |
Wasserman,
E. A., & Blumberg, M. S. Evolution of the monkey
crouch. Science,
325, 812 (Aug. 14), 2009. pdf |
Spencer,
J. P., Samuelson, L. K., Blumberg, M. S., McMurray,
R., Robinson, S. R., and Tomblin, J. B. Seeing the
world through a third eye: Developmental systems theory
looks beyond the nativist-empiricist debate. Child
Development Perspectives, 3, 103-105,
2009. pdf |
Spencer,
J. P., Blumberg, M. S., McMurray, R., Robinson, S.
R., Samuelson, L. K., and Tomblin, J. B. Short arms
and talking eggs: Why we should no longer abide the
nativist-empiricist debate. Child Development Perspectives, 3, 79-87,
2009. pdf |
Gall,
A. J., Joshi, B., Best, J., Florang, V. R., Doorn, J.
A., & Blumberg, M. S. Developmental
emergence of power-law wake behavior depends upon the
functional integrity of the locus coeruleus. Sleep, 32, 920-926,
2009. pdf |
Mohns,
E. J., & Blumberg, M. S. Hippocampal
EEG in the neonatal rat: Development of normal and pathological
activity. In: Encyclopedia of Basic Epilepsy Research,
Vol. 2, edited by P. A. Schwartzkroin. Oxford: Academic
Press, 2009, pp. 1061-1065. email
for pdf |
Blumberg,
M. S. Evolution shapes
systems, not just genes. Nature,
457, 785 (Feb. 12), 2009. pdf |
Marcano-Reik,
A. J., & Blumberg, M. S. The corpus callosum modulates
spindle-burst activity within homotopic regions of somatosensory
cortex in newborn rats. European
Journal
of Neuroscience, 28, 1457-1468,
2008. pdf |
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S. Bridgeless gaps. OUPblog,
2008. |
Mohns,
E. J., & Blumberg, M. S. Synchronous bursts of neuronal
activity in the developing hippocampus: Modulation by
active sleep, and association with emerging gamma and
theta rhythms.
Journal
of Neuroscience, 28, 10134-10144,
2008. pdf (Supplemental
material) |
Gall,
A. J., Todd, W. D., Ray, B., Coleman, C. M., & Blumberg,
M. S. The development of day-night differences in sleep
and wakefulness in Norway rats and the effect of bilateral
enucleation. Journal
of Biological Rhythms, 23, 232-241, 2008. pdf |
Seelke,
A. M. H., & Blumberg, M. S.
The microstructure of active and quiet sleep as cortical
delta activity emerges in infant rats. Sleep, 31, 691-699,
2008. pdf |
Mohns,
E. J., Karlsson, K. Æ., & Blumberg,
M. S. Developmental emergence of transient and persistent
hippocampal events and oscillations
and their association with infant seizure susceptibility.
European
Journal of Neuroscience, 26, 2719-2730, 2007.. pdf |
Blumberg,
M. S., Karlsson, K. Æ., & Seelke, A. M. H.
Sleep, development, and human health. Sleep, 30, 549-550,
2007. pdf |
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Gall,
A. J., Poremba, A., & Blumberg, M. S. Brainstem cholinergic
modulation of muscle tone in infant rats. European
Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 3367-3375,
2007. pdf |
Blumberg,
M. S., Coleman, C., Johnson, E. D., & Shaw, C.
Developmental divergence of sleep-wake patterns in
orexin knockout and wild-type mice. European Journal
of Neuroscience, 25, 512-518,
2007. pdf |
Karlsson,
K. Æ., Mohns, E. J., Viana di Prisco, G., & Blumberg,
M. S. On the co-occurrence of startles and hippocampal
sharp waves in newborn rats. Hippocampus, 16,
959-965, 2006. pdf |
Wasserman,
E. A., & Blumberg,
M. S. Designing
minds. APS
Observer, 19 (10), 25-26, 2006. pdf |
Mohns,
E. J., Karlsson, K. Æ., & Blumberg, M. S. The
preoptic hypothalamus and basal forebrain play opposing
roles in the descending modulation of sleep and wakefulness
in infant rats. European Journal of Neuroscience, 23, 1301-1310,
2006. pdf |
Blumberg,
M. S., Seelke, A. M. H., Lowen, S. B., & Karlsson,
K. Æ. Dynamics of sleep-wake cyclicity in developing
rats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102, 14860-14864,
2005. pdf |
Seelke,
A. H., Karlsson, K. Æ., Gall, A. J., & Blumberg,
M. S. Extraocular muscle activity, rapid eye movements,
and the development of active and quiet sleep. European
Journal of Neuroscience, 22, 911-920, 2005. pdf |
Middlemis-Brown,
J. E., Johnson, E. D., and Blumberg, M. S. Separable
brainstem and forebrain contributions to ultrasound production
in infant rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, 1111-1117,
2005. pdf |
Blumberg,
M. S. The animal zealotry that destroyed our lab. The
Washington Post, Sunday Outlook, July 17, 2005. pdf
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Karlsson,
K. Æ., Gall, A. J., Mohns, E. J., Seelke, A. M.
H., & Blumberg, M. S. The neural substrates of infant
sleep in rats. PLoS
Biology, 3, 891-901, 2005. pdf synopsis
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Kreider,
J. C., & Blumberg, M. S. Geotaxis and beyond: Commentary
on Motz and Alberts (2005). Neurotoxicology and Teratology,
27, 535-537, 2005. pdf |
Blumberg,
M. S., Johnson, E. D., and Middlemis-Brown, J. E. Inhibition
of ultrasonic vocalizations by beta-adrenoceptor agonists. Developmental
Psychobiology, 47, 66-76, 2005. pdf |
Seelke,
A. H., & Blumberg, M. S. Thermal and nutritional
modulation of sleep in infant rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 119, 603-611,
2005. pdf |
Blumberg,
M. S., Karlsson, K. Æ., Seelke, A. M. H., & Mohns,
E. The ontogeny of mammalian sleep: A response to Frank
and Heller (2003). Journal of Sleep Research,14, 91-101,
2005. pdf |
Karlsson,
K. Æ.,
& Blumberg, M. S. Active medullary control of atonia
in week-old rats. Neuroscience, 130, 275-283,
2005. pdf |
Blumberg,
M. S. Behavioral thermoregulation. In: Encyclopedia
of Animal Behavior, edited by M. Bekoff. Westport,
CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004, pp. 104-107. |
Blumberg,
M. S., Middlemis-Brown, J. E., and Johnson, E. D. Sleep
homeostasis in infant rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 118, 1253-1261,
2004. pdf |
Seelke,
A. H., & Blumberg, M. S. Sniffing during sleep and
wakefulness in infant rats. Behavioral Neuroscience.
118, 267-273, 2004. pdf |
Sokoloff,
G., & Blumberg, M. S. Vocalization. In: The Behaviour
of the Laboratory Rat: A Handbook With Tests, edited
by B. Kolb and I. Q. Whishaw. Oxford: Oxford University
Press. 2004, pp. 371-380. |
Karlsson,
K. Æ.,
& Blumberg, M. S. Temperature-induced reciprocal activation
of infant hippocampal field activity. Journal of Neurophysiology, 91, 583-588,
2004. pdf |
Karlsson,
K. Æ., Kreider, J. C., & Blumberg, M. S. Hypothalamic
contribution to sleep-wake cycle development. Neuroscience,
123, 575-582, 2004. pdf |
Blumberg,
M. S., &
Sokoloff, G. Hard heads and open minds: A reply to Panksepp. Psychological
Review, 110, 389-394, 2003. pdf
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Karlsson,
K. Æ.,
& Blumberg, M. S. Hippocampal theta in the newborn rat
is revealed under conditions that promote REM sleep. Journal
of Neuroscience, 23, 1114-1118, 2003. pdf
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Karlsson,
K. Æ.,
& Blumberg, M. S. The union of the state: Myoclonic twitching
is coupled with nuchal muscle atonia in infant rats. Behavioral
Neuroscience, 116, 912-917, 2002. pdf |
Sokoloff,
G., & Blumberg, M. S. Contributions of endothermy to huddling
behavior in infant Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus)
and Syrian golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 116, 240-246,
2002. pdf
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Sokoloff,
G., Blumberg, M. S., Boline, E. A., Johnson, E. D., & Streeper,
N. M. Thermoregulatory behavior in infant Norway rats
(Rattus norvegicus) and Syrian golden hamsters
(Mesocricetus auratus): Arousal, orientation,
and locomotion. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 116, 228-239,
2002. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., Lewis, S. J.,
& Sokoloff, G. Incubation temperature modulates post-hatching
thermoregulatory behavior in the Madagascar ground gecko, Paroedura
pictus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205, 2777-2784,
2002. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., Sokoloff, G., Kirby, R. F., Knoot, T. G., & Lewis,
S. J. Effects of antihypertensive drugs on ultrasound
production and cardiovascular responses in 15-day-old
rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 131, 37-46,
2002. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., Knoot, T. G., & Kirby, R. F. Neural and hormonal
control of arterial pressure during thermal challenge
in unanesthetized infant rats. American Journal of
Physiology, 281, R1514-R1521, 2001. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S. The developmental context of thermal homeostasis.
In E. M. Blass (ed.), The Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology,
Volume 13, Developmental Psychobiology, Developmental
Neurobiology and Behavioral Ecology: Mechanisms and Early
Principles, New York: Plenum Press, pp. 199-228,
2001. pdf
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Sokoloff,
G., & Blumberg, M. S. Competition and cooperation among
huddling infant rats. Developmental Psychobiology,
39, 65-75, 2001. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Sokoloff, G. Do infant rats cry? Psychological Review,
108, 83-95, 2001. pdf
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Kreider,
J. C., &
Blumberg, M. S. Mesopontine contribution to the expression
of active "twitch" sleep in decerebrate week-old rats. Brain
Research, 872, 149-159, 2000. pdf
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Sokoloff,
G., Blumberg, M. S., & Adams, M. M. A comparative
analysis of huddling in infant Norway rats and Syrian
golden hamsters: Does endothermy modulate behavior?Behavioral
Neuroscience, 114, 585-593, 2000. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., Kreber, L., Sokoloff, G., Kent, K. Cardiovascular
mediation of clonidine-induced ultrasound production
in infant rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114, 602-608,
2000. pdf
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Robinson,
S. R., Blumberg, M. S., Lane, M., & Kreber, L. Spontaneous
motor activity in fetal and infant rats is organized
into discrete multilimb bouts. Behavioral Neuroscience,114, 328-336,
2000. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., Sokoloff, G., & Kent, K. J. A developmental
analysis of clonidine's effects on cardiac rate and ultrasound
production in infant rats. Developmental Psychobiology, 36, 186-193,
2000. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Sokoloff, G., Kirby, R. F., & Kent, K. J. Distress
vocalizations in infant rats: What's all the fuss about? Psychological
Science, 11, 78-81,
2000. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., Sokoloff, G., & Kent, K. J. Cardiovascular
concomitants of ultrasound production during cold exposure
in infant rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 113:
1274-1282, 1999. pdf
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Kreider,
J. C., &
Blumberg, M. S. Geotaxis in two-week-old Norway rats (Rattus
norvegicus): A reevaluation. Developmental Psychobiology, 35:
35-42, 1999. pdf
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Kirby,
R. F., Sokoloff, G., Perdomo, E., & Blumberg, M.
S. Thermoregulatory and cardiac responses of infant spontaneously
hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto rats to cold exposure. Hypertension, 33:
1465-1469, 1999. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., Deaver, K., &
Kirby, R. F. Leptin disinhibits nonshivering thermogenesis
in infants after maternal separation. American Journal
of Physiology, 276: R606-R610, 1999. pdf |
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Sokoloff,
G., Kirby, R. F., & Blumberg, M. S. Further evidence
that BAT thermogenesis modulates cardiac rate in infant
rats. American Journal of Physiology, 274: R1712-R1717,
1998. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Sokoloff, G. Thermoregulatory competence and behavioral
expression in the young of altricial species -- Revisited. Developmental
Psychobiology,33: 107-123, 1998. pdf
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Sokoloff,
G., &
Blumberg, M. S. Active sleep in cold-exposed infant Norway
rats and Syrian golden hamsters: The role of brown adipose
tissue thermogenesis. Behavioral Neuroscience, 112:
695-706, 1998. pdf
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Kirby,
R. F., &
Blumberg, M. S. Maintenance of arterial pressure in infant
rats during moderate and extreme thermal challenge. Developmental
Psychobiology, 32: 169-176, 1998. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S. Ontogeny of cardiac rate regulation and brown fat
thermogenesis in golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Journal
of Comparative Physiology B, 167: 552-557, 1997. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Sokoloff, G. Dynamics of brown fat thermogenesis in week-old
rats: Evidence of relative stability during moderate cold
exposure. Physiological Zoology, 70: 324-330, 1997. Abstract
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Blumberg,
M. S., Sokoloff, G., & Kirby, R. F. Brown fat thermogenesis
and cardiac rate regulation during cold challenge in
infant rats. American Journal of Physiology, 272:
R1308-R1313, 1997. pdf
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Sokoloff,
G., &
Blumberg, M. S . Thermogenic, respiratory, and ultrasonic
responses of week-old rats across the transition from moderate
to extreme cold exposure. Developmental Psychobiology, 30:
181-194, 1997. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Alberts, J. R. Incidental emissions, fortuitous effects,
and the origins of communication. In: Perspectives in
Ethology, Volume 12, edited by D. H. Owings, M. D.
Beecher, and N. S. Thompson. New York, Plenum Press, 1997,
pp. 225-249. Abstract
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Wasserman, E. A. Animals have minds? American Psychologist, 51:
59-60, 1996.
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Stolba, M. A. Thermogenesis, myoclonic twitching, and ultrasonic
vocalization in neonatal rats during moderate and extreme
cold exposure. Behavioral Neuroscience, 110: 305-314,
1996. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Lucas, D. E. A developmental and component analysis of
active sleep. Developmental Psychobiology, 29: 1-22,
1996. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., Schalk, S. L., & Sokoloff, G. Pontine and
basal forebrain transections disinhibit brown fat thermogenesis
in neonatal rats. Brain Research, 699: 214-220,
1995. pdf
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Gagliardi,
J. L., Kirkpatrick-Steger, K. K., Thomas, J., Allen,
G. J., & Blumberg, M. S. Seeing and knowing: Knowledge
attribution versus stimulus control in adult humans (Homo
sapiens). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 109:
107-114, 1995. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Wasserman, E. A. Animal mind and the argument from design. American
Psychologist, 50: 133-144, 1995. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Lucas, D. E. Dual mechanisms of twitching during sleep
in neonatal rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 108:
1196-1202, 1994. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., Efimova, I. V., & Alberts, J. R. Thermogenesis
during ultrasonic vocalization by rat pups isolated in
a warm environment: A thermographic analysis. Developmental
Psychobiology, 25: 497-510, 1992. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., Mennella, J. A., McClintock, M. K., & Moltz,
H. Facultative sex ratio adjustment in Norway rats: Litters
born asynchronously are female-biased. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology, 31: 401-408, 1992. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S. Rodent ultrasonic short calls: Locomotion, biomechanics,
and communication. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 106:
360-365, 1992. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Alberts, J. R. Functions and effects in animal communication:
Reactions to Guilford & Dawkins. Animal Behaviour, 44:
382-383, 1992.
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Blumberg,
M. S., Efimova, I. V., & Alberts, J. R. Ultrasonic
vocalizations by rat pups: The primary importance of
ambient temperature and the thermal significance of contact
comfort. Developmental Psychobiology, 25: 229-250,
1992. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Alberts, J. R. Both hypoxia and milk deprivation diminish
metabolic heat production and ultrasound emission by rat
pups during cold exposure. Behavioral Neuroscience, 105:
1030-1037, 1991. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S. Prostaglandin E2 accelerates sexual behavior in
male rats. Physiology and Behavior, 50: 95-99,
1991. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S, &
Alberts, J. R. On the significance of similarities between
ultrasonic vocalizations of infant and adult rats. Neuroscience
and Biobehavioral Reviews,15: 383-390, 1991. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Alberts, J. R. Ultrasonic vocalizations by rat pups in
the cold: An acoustic by-product of laryngeal braking? Behavioral
Neuroscience, 104: 808-817, 1990. pdf
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Mennella,
J. A., Blumberg, M. S., McClintock, M. K., & Moltz,
H. Inter-litter competition and communal nursing among
Norway rats: advantages of birth synchrony. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology, 27: 183-190, 1990. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S. An allometric analysis of hippocampal theta: The
significance of brain metabolic rate. Brain, Behavior
and Evolution, 34: 351-356, 1989. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Moltz, H. How the nose cools the brain during copulation
in the male rat. Physiology and Behavior, 43: 173-176,
1988. pdf
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Blumberg,
M. S., &
Moltz, H. Hypothalamic temperature and the 22 kHz vocalization
of the male rat. Physiology and Behavior, 40: 637-640,
1987.
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Blumberg,
M. S., Mennella, J. A., & Moltz, H. Hypothalamic
temperature and deep body temperature during copulation
in the male rat. Physiology and Behavior, 39:
367-370, 1987.
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Wingfield,
A., Milstein, G., & Blumberg, M. S. Cerebral specialization
and hemispheric performance asymmetries in narrative
memory. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 59: 39-42,
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