Rigorous experimental design can minimize the high risk of false positives and false
negatives in the behavioral phenotyping of a new transgenic or knockout mouse. Use of well …

In neonatal mice ultrasonic vocalizations have been studied both as an early communicative
behaviour of the pup–mother dyad and as a sign of an aversive affective state. Adult mice of …

One of the most important findings that has emerged from human behavioral genetics
involves the environment rather than heredity, providing the best available evidence for the …

Dr. Jacqueline N. Crawley, author of the First and Second Editions of What's Wrong with My
Mouse? Behavioral Phenotyping of Transgenic and Knockout Mice, continues to field calls …

Behavioral phenotyping of transgenic and knockout mice requires rigorous, formal analyses.
Well-characterized paradigms can be chosen from the established behavioral neuroscience …

Ultrasonic vocalisations (USVs) emitted by altricial rodent pups are whistle-like sounds with
frequencies between 30 and 90 kHz. These signals play an important communicative role in …

Components of the communication system between infant and adult rodents based on
ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) of infants are analyzed. USVs are most often emitted from a …

The present study investigated the effects of early rearing experiences on the development
of maternal behavior in Sprague‐Dawley female rats. Pups from individual litters were …

Low sociability is one of the most prominent and disabling symptoms of autism. The biology
of sociability is not well understood, and there is no available treatment that adequately …

The quality of maternal care during early life has a dramatic impact on later stress reactivity
and anxiety. Two inbred mouse strains, C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ, differ in levels of maternal …