Female odors evoke ultrasounds from male mice

Whitney, Glayde; Alpern, Mathew; Dizinno, Gerard; Horowitz, Gary P.

doi:10.3758/bf03199109

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“…Effective odors include female-soiled cage shavings ( Whitney et al, 1974 ), female urine ( Nyby et al, 1977a ), female saliva ( Byatt and Nyby, 1986 ) and female vaginal fluids ( Nyby et al, 1977a ). As expected, if male calling is related to reproduction, many of the same exteroreceptive chemical cues that promote male reproductive physiology and behavior also elicit male calling.…”

Section: Pheromonal Regulationmentioning

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Adult house mouse (Mus musculus) ultrasonic calls: hormonal and pheromonal regulation

Nyby¹

2010

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

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Section: Pheromonal Regulationmentioning

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Adult house mouse (Mus musculus) ultrasonic calls: hormonal and pheromonal regulation

Nyby¹

2010

Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

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“…Call production has shown to be at its peak during initial exploratory activity in response to the female, thus a more ideal method would have female urine present for the entire testing period (Wohr, Roullet, & Crawley, 2011). Urine from female mice has found to be sufficient to elicit USVs in male mice without the presence of the female (Whitney, Alpern, Dizinno, & Horowitz, 1974). …”

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Spectral and temporal properties of calls reveal deficits in ultrasonic vocalizations of adult Fmr1 knockout mice

Hodges

Nolan

Reynolds

et al. 2017

Behavioural Brain Research

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The Fmr1 knockout (KO) mouse has commonly been used to investigate communication impairments, one of the key diagnostic symptoms observed in Fragile X syndrome (FXS) and Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Many studies have found alterations in ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in neonatal Fmr1 KO mice, however, there is limited research investigating whether these deficits continue into adulthood. In the present study, we examine differences in female urine-induced ultrasonic vocalizations, scent marking behavior, odor discrimination, and open field activity in adult male Fmr1 KO and wildtype (WT) mice. Overall, we found extensive alterations between genotypes in both spectral and temporal properties of ultrasonic vocalizations. There was no difference in the average number of calls emitted by both genotypes, however, Fmr1 KO mice emitted calls of a higher frequency, decreased amplitude, and shorter duration than WT mice. Spectrographic analyses revealed statistically significant differences between genotypes in the types of calls emitted. Contrastingly, we found no differences in scent marking behavior, a form of social communication, or in odor discrimination and activity levels of the mice. The results corroborate previous studies emphasizing the importance of qualitative differences observed in vocalization behavior of Fmr1 KO mice, rather than quantitative measurements such as number of calls emitted. Overall, the study confirms the presence of abnormalities in vocalization behavior in adult Fmr1 KO mice that we believe are consistent with communication deficits seen in the syndrome.

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“…Numerous studies on laboratory rats and mice have been performed with the aim of finding out the conditions that lead to vocalization emissions and what roles they play (Whitney et al 1974;Thomas et al 1982;Pomerantz et al 1983;White and Barfield 1990;White et al 1993). However, with the exception of the spectrographic analyses performed by White et al (1998), there has been little interest in characterizing the different calls emitted in association with courtship behaviour in mice.…”

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“…Several authors have demonstrated that female mice odours and proceptive behaviours influence male calling behaviour (Whitney et al 1974;Nyby et al 1977Nyby et al , 1979. However, it is still not clear whether the female mouse's sexual cycle modifies the amount of vocalizations and/or the characteristics of calls emitted.…”

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Influence of the female sexual cycle on BALB/c mouse calling behaviour during mating

Barthélemy

Gourbal

Gabrion

et al. 2004

Naturwissenschaften

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Real-time recording technology was used in this study to analyse calling activity during heterosexual encounters in BALB/c mice. The spectrographic analyses revealed distinct types of calls that could be linked to a precise pre-ejaculatory behavioural sequence. In addition, the oestrous cycle of the female was observed to influence the vocalization emission pattern. The recording technology used in this study provides numerous improvements in the characterization description of mice calling behaviour during mating and is expected to be useful in studies of vocal communication in many rodent species.

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Female odors evoke ultrasounds from male mice

Cited by 83 publications

References 4 publications

Adult house mouse (Mus musculus) ultrasonic calls: hormonal and pheromonal regulation

Adult house mouse (Mus musculus) ultrasonic calls: hormonal and pheromonal regulation

Spectral and temporal properties of calls reveal deficits in ultrasonic vocalizations of adult Fmr1 knockout mice

Influence of the female sexual cycle on BALB/c mouse calling behaviour during mating

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