Social development has been the focus of a great deal of neuroscience based research over
the past decade. In this review, we focus on providing a framework for understanding how …

Animal models provide preclinical tools to investigate the causal role of genetic mutations
and environmental factors in the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Knockout and …

Early separation of preterm infants from their mothers has adverse, long-term
neurodevelopmental consequences. We investigated the effects of daily maternal …

Introduction: Disruption of maternal care using maternal separation (MS) models has
provided significant evidence of the deleterious long-term effects of early life stress. Several …

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can act upon a developing organism to change its
endocrine health and behavior in adulthood. Beyond actions on the exposed individuals …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by
communication disability with no curative treatment. Maternal separation-induced ultrasonic …

Potential of ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) to reflect a degree of discomfort of a caller is
mostly investigated in laboratory rats and mice but poorly known in other rodents. We …

Though individuals function in the present, we carry with us previous experiences that can
fundamentally change how we respond physiologically and behaviorally to internal and …

Introduction: Ultrasonic vocalization (USV) can indicate affective states—including
psychosocial stress—in mice and rats. However, stress-induced USV changes could be …

Vocalizations can be markers of emotional social communication. Maternal potentiation was
originally described as an increased rate of vocalization by isolated rat pups following an …