Vocalization–whisking coordination and multisensory integration of social signals in rat auditory cortex

Social interactions involve multi-modal signaling. Here, we study interacting rats to investigate audio-haptic coordination and multisensory integration in the auditory cortex. We find that facial touch is associated with an increased rate of ultrasonic vocalizations, which are emitted at the whiski...

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Main Authors: Rajnish P Rao, Falk Mielke, Evgeny Bobrov, Michael Brecht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2014-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/03185