Sentences with phrase «ultrasonic vocalizations»
We found that, at 1.0 mg / kg, oxytocin significantly decreased the number of ultrasonic vocalizations compared to vehicle - injected pups.
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Buck CL, Vendruscolo LF, Koob GF, George O. Dopamine D1 and μ - opioid receptor antagonism blocks anticipatory 50 kHz ultrasonic vocalizations induced by palatable food cues in Wistar rats.
The songs that mice form with these ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) differ not only in the sequence of sounds, but also in their duration and complexity.
They emit ultrasonic vocalizations (or USVs) to form complex patterns to communicate with each other.
By stimulating an area of the brain stem with electricity, they could trigger the ultrasonic vocalizations.
The researchers played back these ultrasonic vocalizations to the mice after they had activated the motor cortex and found that the neurons became much less responsive to the sounds.
Mice usually sing to each other through a kind of song called ultrasonic vocalizations, which are too high - pitched for a human to hear.
«It's a very good study,» says neuroscientist June - Seek Choi of Yale University, who notes it clears up the mystery of ultrasonic vocalization in rats.
Following drug administration, pups were briefly isolated from the dam and littermates and evaluated for social behavior (ultrasonic vocalization) and physiological wellbeing (temperature and activity).
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«Mouse vocalization is extremely rich and complex, but it's poorly understood partly because most of it is too high — it's ultrasonic,» says Drayna.