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Behavior

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Recording Mouse Ultrasonic Vocalizations to Evaluate Social Communication

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June 5th, 2016

June 5th, 2016

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Title

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Recording Pup Isolation Calls

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Recording Ultrasonic Vocalizations During Same-sex Social Interactions

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Recording Male Vocalizations During Interactions with an Estrus Female

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Uploading Files on the mouseTube Database

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Results: Vocalizations by Shank2 Mice

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Conclusion

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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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