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Recording Mouse Ultrasonic Vocalizations to Evaluate Social Communication
Allain-Thibeault Ferhat 1, Nicolas Torquet 2, Anne-Marie Le Sourd 1, Fabrice de Chaumont 3, Jean-Christophe Olivo-Marin 3, Philippe Faure 2, Thomas Bourgeron 1, Elodie Ey 1
1Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions, University Paris Diderot, CNRS UMR 3571, Institut Pasteur, 2Neurophysiology and Behavior, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, CNRS UMR 7102, 3Bio Image Analysis, CNRS URA 2582, Institut Pasteur

Mouse ultrasonic vocalizations are used as proxies to model the genetic bases of vocal communication deficits in mouse models for neuropsychiatric disorders. The present protocol describes three experimental contexts that reliably elicit ultrasonic vocalizations from pups (throughout development) and adult mice (same-sex interactions, male-estrus female interactions).

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