ArticleRoyal Society open science2020
Sex differences in vocalizations to familiar or unfamiliar females in mice.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Acoustic features of and behavioral responses to emotionally intense mouse vocalizations.Behavioural brain research · 2026Article
- Cortical circuits modulate mouse social vocalizations.Science advances · 2023Article
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- Ultrasonic vocalizations in laboratory mice: strain, age, and sex differences.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2022Article
- From Mating to Milk Access: A Review of Reproductive Vocal Communication in Mice.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Review
- Hearing, touching, and multisensory integration during mate choice.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2022Review
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Abstract
Mice, both wild and laboratory strains, emit ultrasound to communicate. The sex differences between male to female (male-female) and female to female (female-female) ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) have been discussed for decades. In the present study, we compared the number of USVs emitted to familiar and unfamiliar females by both males (male-female USVs) and females (female-female USVs). We found that females vocalized more to unfamiliar than to familiar females. By contrast, males exhibited more USVs to familiar partners. This sexually dimorphic behaviour suggests that mice change their vocal behaviour in response to the social context, and their perception of the context is based on social cognition and memory. In addition, because males vocalized more to familiar females, USVs appear to be not only a response to novel objects or individuals, but also a social response.
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