Recent Studies of Rodent Ultrasonic Vocalizations and Their Use in Experimental Models

• Other Authors: Brudzynski, Stefan M. (Editor), Burgdorf, Jeffrey (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; Neurosciences; ultrasonic vocalization; maternal immune activation; autism; communication; rat; sex differences; social play; rats; anxiety; observational fear learning; USV; maternal separation; pup; vasopressin antagonists; righting reflex; negative geotaxis; ACTH; corticosterone; Brattleboro rat; larynx; female; male; 50-khz ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs); individual differences; chronic variable stress (CVS); dopamine; nucleus accumbens; microdialysis; evolution of vocalization; 22 kHz calls; 50 kHz calls; infant isolation calls; emotional arousal; mesolimbic dopaminergic system; mesolimbic cholinergic system; hedonia; ultrasonic vocalizations; cognitive development; respiration; brain oscillations; Cav1.2; calcium; animal model; rough-and-tumble play; social approach; playback; social contact call; alarm call; social buffering; distress; emotional contagion; fear contagion; aversive state; automated scoring; addiction; mental health; machine learning; drug discovery; drug development; Parkinson's disease; alpha-synuclein; 6-OHDA; Pink1; DJ1; exercise; pharmacology; pathology; hypervigilance; hyperreactivity; exaggerated reactivity; generalization; PTSD; depression; heart rate; Wistar; 22-kHz calls; 50-kHz calls; affect; aversion; NOR; reward; working memory; Y maze; opioids; fentanyl; self-administration; play; food; dam-pup interaction; ethanol; pup isolation; rat pup; 50 kHz vocalizations; 22 kHz vocalizations; amphetamine; chemogenetics; clozapine-n-oxide; UMAP; males; females; vocalizations; fear extinction; pain; n/a
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This book includes articles written by over 80 specialists from many countries that demonstrate the biological functions of ultrasonic vocalizations and how they are used in studies of vocal expression of emotional states and in numerous animal models of neuropsychiatric diseases and disorders. Resu...