Main In recent years, substantial advances in social neuroscience have been realized,
including the generation of numerous rodent models of autism spectrum disorder. Still, it can …

Autism is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder of unknown aetiology that affects 1
in 100–150 individuals. Diagnosis is based on three categories of behavioural criteria …

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 …

BTBR T+ tf/J (BTBR) is an inbred mouse strain that displays social deficits and repetitive
behaviors analogous to the first and third diagnostic symptoms of autism. We previously …

During courtship males attract females with elaborate behaviors. In mice, these displays
include ultrasonic vocalizations. Ultrasonic courtship vocalizations were previously …

Mouse ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) are often used as behavioral readouts of internal
states, to measure effects of social and pharmacological manipulations, and for behavioral …

In 2005, Holy and Guo advanced the idea that male mice produce ultrasonic vocalizations
(USV) with some features similar to courtship songs of songbirds. Since then, studies …

Emotion recognition represents the ability to encode an ensemble of sensory stimuli
providing information about the emotional state of another individual. This ability is not …

Mice and rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs), which may express their arousal and
emotional states, to communicate with each other. There is continued scientific effort to …

Rats emit distinct types of ultrasonic vocalizations, which differ depending on age, the
subject's current state and environmental factors. Since it was shown that 50-kHz calls can …