Ultrasonic vocalizations by infant laboratory mice: A preliminary spectrographic characterization under different conditions

Branchi, Igor; Santucci, Daniela; Vitale, Augusto; Alleva, Enrico

doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-2302(199811)33:3<249::aid-dev5>3.0.co;2-r

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“…The recent emergence of real-time recording technology, and its application to mice vocalizations, has yielded numerous improvements in the determination of what calls are emitted during social and sexual behaviour (Branchi et al 1998;White et al 1998). Here we have used a real-time recording apparatus that is capable of monitoring a wider range of frequencies, in order to characterize the calls emitted during mating of BALB/c mice.…”

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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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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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“…Pups emit USVs under potentially threatening conditions, such as isolation from the nest, low temperature, unfamiliar odours, and during rough handling (Branchi et al, 1998), and the USVs of pups initiate specific maternal behaviours, such as searching and retrieval of pups (Hahn and Lavooy, 2005). In addition to USVs, mouse pups have other calls in the acoustic range, such as a 'wriggling call', which they emit when they are nursed to initiate grooming and other maternal behaviours (Ehret and Bernecker, 1986), and 'pain calls', which they emit as a reaction to being bitten, pinched, or injured, and postpartum sounds when the mother is cleaning them after birth (Ehret, 1975).…”

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“…However, at this stage they already produce a variety of sounds, mostly pure ultrasounds (Ehret and Bernecker, 1986;Hahn and Lavooy, 2005) that function to elicit maternal care (Branchi et al, 1998;Hahn and Lavooy, 2005). The rate of USV production in house mice increases during the first 6-7 days of life, peaks around day 8, and then starts to decrease until the total disappearance of these calls after 14-16 days (Nyby et al, 1976;Elwood and Keeling, 1982), when pups have grown fur and begin to thermoregulate independently.…”

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“…In addition to USVs, mouse pups have other calls in the acoustic range, such as a 'wriggling call', which they emit when they are nursed to initiate grooming and other maternal behaviours (Ehret and Bernecker, 1986), and 'pain calls', which they emit as a reaction to being bitten, pinched, or injured, and postpartum sounds when the mother is cleaning them after birth (Ehret, 1975). Interestingly, pups adjust their USV calling rate in different social contexts: calling increases 2-3-fold when an isolated pup has a brief encounter with its dam and gets re-isolated (Shair et al, 2005); however, pups cease emitting USVs when facing unfamiliar -and potentially infanticidal -males (Branchi et al, 1998). In addition to the influence of conspecific interactions on USV production, predation may also play a role in facultative changes in call production.…”

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Ultrasonic vocalizations in house mice:

Musolf¹,

Penn²

2012

Evolution of the House Mouse

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“…Mice were tested on both postnatal days 8 and 11 because vocalizations typically increase around PD 5, reach their peak around PD 7, and decrease around PD 14 (Branchi, Santucci, Vitale, & Alleva, 1998; Elwood & Keeling, 1982). Prior to testing, the pups were weighed and allowed to habituate in the testing room for 30 min.…”

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NS‐Pten knockout mice show sex‐ and age‐specific differences in ultrasonic vocalizations

Binder

Lugo

2017

Brain and Behavior

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ObjectiveThe goal of this study was to identify changes in quantitative and qualitative aspects of neonatal ultrasonic vocalizations USVs in neuron‐subset specific (NS‐Pten) knockout males and females when compared with wild‐type male and female mice.BackgroundOne signaling cascade that plays a crucial role in the development of an autistic‐like phenotype is the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway. Mouse models that illustrate this connection include Fmr1, Tsc1, and NS‐Pten‐deficient mice. While numerous studies have investigated ultrasonic vocalizations in Fmr1 knockout and Tsc1 heterogenous mice, none have investigated USVs in NS‐Pten knockout mice using a full spectrum recording system.MethodsWe recorded ultrasonic vocalizations from NS‐Pten wild‐type and knockout male and female mice on postnatal days 8 and 11. On these days, we measured the number and quality of calls emitted from pups when they were removed from their mothers.ResultsWe found that knockout pups emitted fewer vocalizations for both sexes (p < .05). Knockout males had calls of a shorter duration and lower peak amplitude on day 8, while showing a shorter duration, lower peak amplitude, and higher peak and fundamental frequency on day 11 (p < .001). Knockout females vocalized at a lower peak amplitude and fundamental frequency, and a higher peak frequency on day 8, while showing a shorter duration and a higher peak and fundamental frequency on day 11 (p < .001). Spectrographic analyses also revealed significant differences in call type for both genotypes and sexes (p < .05).ConclusionsThese findings demonstrate that deletion of NS‐Pten results in significant decreases in vocalizations across both sexes. Additionally, our findings indicate that the aberrant vocalizations and increased call duration seen in other mTOR models are also present in NS‐Pten knockout mice. Our study provides evidence of a connection between hyperactive mTOR signaling and neonatal ultrasonic vocalizations.

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Ultrasonic vocalizations by infant laboratory mice: A preliminary spectrographic characterization under different conditions

Cited by 137 publications

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

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

Ultrasonic vocalizations in house mice:

NS‐Pten knockout mice show sex‐ and age‐specific differences in ultrasonic vocalizations

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