Limited generalizability, pharmacological modulation, and state-dependency of habituation towards pro-social 50-kHz calls in rats

Summary: Communication constitutes a fundamental component of mammalian social behavior. Rats are highly social animals and emit 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations (USV), which function as social contact calls. Playback of 50-kHz USV leads to strong and immediate social approach responses in receiver r...

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Main Authors: Annuska Berz, Camila Pasquini de Souza, Markus Wöhr, Rainer K.W. Schwarting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221003941