ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2015
Rat Ultrasonic Vocalizations and Behavioral Neuropharmacology: From the Screening of Drugs to the Study of Disease.
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- Interrogating roles for VTA dopamine neurons in locomotion and ultrasonic vocalizations elicited by different classes of rewarding drugs.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
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- Long-term hyperglycaemia induces qualitative and quantitative changes in rat ultrasonic vocalizations.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Sex-dependent effects of psychedelics: review of evidence from rodent models.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Peripheral catecholamine systems: an evolutionary perspective.American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology · 2025Review
- The role of ultrasonic vocalizations in rat laryngological investigations.Physiology & behavior · 2025Review
- From emotional arousal to executive action. Role of the prefrontal cortex.Brain structure & function · 2024Review
- Stress-Induced Ultrasonic Vocalization in Laboratory Rats and Mice: A Scoping Review.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Characterization of the Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects of the Phenethylamine 2-Cl-4,5-MDMA in Adolescent and Adult Male Rats.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Forty-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations of rat pups predict adult behavior in the elevated plus-maze behavior but not the effect of cocaine on 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations.Behavioural brain research · 2024Article
- Characterizing maternal isolation-induced ultrasonic vocalizations in a gene-environment interaction rat model for autism.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2023Article
- Molecular pattern of a decrease in the rewarding effect of cocaine after an escalating-dose drug regimen.Pharmacological reports : PR · 2023Article
- Sex-related differences in retinal function in Wistar rats: implications for toxicity and safety studies.Frontiers in toxicology · 2023Article
- Moderate ethanol exposure during early ontogeny of the rat alters respiratory plasticity, ultrasonic distress vocalizations, increases brain catalase activity, and acetaldehyde-mediated ethanol intake.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
- Bone conducted responses in the neonatal rat auditory cortex.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Acoustilytix™: A Web-Based Automated Ultrasonic Vocalization Scoring Platform.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Role of Lateral Hypothalamus in Acupuncture Inhibition of Cocaine Psychomotor Activity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Ultrasonic Vocalizations Emission across Development in Rats: Coordination with Respiration and Impact on Brain Neural Dynamics.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Biological Functions of Rat Ultrasonic Vocalizations, Arousal Mechanisms, and Call Initiation.Brain sciences · 2021Review
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Abstract
Several lines of evidence indicate that rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) in response to a wide range of stimuli that are capable of producing either euphoric (positive) or dysphoric (negative) emotional states. On these bases, recordings of USVs are extensively used in preclinical studies of affect, motivation, and social behavior. Rat USVs are sensitive to the effects of certain classes of psychoactive drugs, suggesting that emission of rat USVs can have relevance not only to neurobiology, but also to neuropharmacology and psychopharmacology. This review summarizes three types of rat USVs, namely 40-kHz USVs emitted by pups, 22-kHz USVs and 50-kHz USVs emitted by young and adult animals, and relevance of these vocalizations to neuropharmacological studies. Attention will be focused on the issues of how rat USVs can be used to evaluate the pharmacological properties of different classes of drugs, and how rat USVs can be combined with other behavioral models used in neuropharmacology. The strengths and limitations of experimental paradigms based on the evaluation of rat USVs will also be discussed.
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