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SUBMITTER: Matsumoto YK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6030292 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matsumoto Yui K YK Okanoya Kazuo K
Royal Society open science 20180620 6
Mice produce various sounds within the ultrasonic range in social contexts. Although these sounds are often used as an index of sociability in biomedical research, their biological significance remains poorly understood. We previously showed that mice repeatedly produced calls in a sequence (i.e. calling bout), which can vary in their structure, such as Simple, Complex or Harmonics. In this study, we investigated the use of the three types of calling bouts in different sociosexual interactions, ...[more]