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SUBMITTER: Wagner S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7854257 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wagner Sébastien S Lledo Pierre-Marie PM Lazarini Françoise F
Bio-protocol 20190220 4
Olfaction is the first sensory modality to develop during fetal life in mammals, and plays a key role in the various behaviors of neonates such as feeding and social interaction. Odorant cues (<i>i.e.</i>, mother or predator scents) can trigger potentiation or inhibition of ultrasonic vocalizations (USV) emitted by pups following their isolation. Here, we report how USV are inhibited by olfactory cues using a sono-olfactometer that has been designed to quantify precisely olfaction in pups congen ...[more]