Reprint

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

Edited by
February 2022
352 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-3285-1 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-3284-4 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Recent Studies of Rodent Ultrasonic Vocalizations and Their Use in Experimental Models that was published in

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Summary

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. Results of investigations of emissions of ultrasonic vocalizations are useful in studies of emotional disturbances, affective disorders, autism spectrum disorders, addiction, developmental abnormalities, and many other pathologies.

Format
  • Hardback
License
© 2022 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
ultrasonic vocalization; maternal immune activation; autism; communication; rat; sex differences; social play; rats; anxiety; observational fear learning; rat; ultrasonic vocalization; USV; maternal separation; pup; anxiety; vasopressin antagonists; righting reflex; negative geotaxis; ACTH; corticosterone; Brattleboro rat; ultrasonic vocalization; larynx; female; male; sex differences; 50-khz ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs); individual differences; chronic variable stress (CVS); dopamine; nucleus accumbens; microdialysis; evolution of vocalization; ultrasonic vocalization; 22 kHz calls; 50 kHz calls; infant isolation calls; emotional arousal; mesolimbic dopaminergic system; mesolimbic cholinergic system; anxiety; hedonia; rat; ultrasonic vocalizations; cognitive development; respiration; brain oscillations; Cav1.2; calcium; animal model; rough-and-tumble play; social play; social approach; ultrasonic vocalization; playback; social contact call; alarm call; ultrasonic vocalization; social buffering; 50 kHz calls; 22 kHz calls; distress; emotional contagion; fear contagion; aversive state; communication; ultrasonic vocalization; automated scoring; dopamine; addiction; mental health; machine learning; drug discovery; drug development; Parkinson’s disease; rat; ultrasonic vocalization; USV; alpha-synuclein; 6-OHDA; Pink1; DJ1; exercise; pharmacology; pathology; hypervigilance; hyperreactivity; exaggerated reactivity; generalization; PTSD; anxiety; depression; heart rate; ultrasonic vocalizations; Wistar; 22-kHz calls; 50-kHz calls; affect; aversion; NOR; reward; working memory; Y maze; opioids; fentanyl; self-administration; ultrasonic vocalizations; affect; ultrasonic vocalizations; communication; play; rats; reward; food; dam–pup interaction; ethanol; pup isolation; rat pup; ultrasonic vocalization; 50 kHz vocalizations; 22 kHz vocalizations; amphetamine; nucleus accumbens; chemogenetics; clozapine-n-oxide; UMAP; males; females; vocalizations; fear extinction; pain; sex differences; n/a