Animal models provide preclinical tools to investigate the causal role of genetic mutations
and environmental factors in the etiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Knockout and …

Hearing loss is a significant problem that affects at least 15% of the population. This
percentage, however, is likely significantly higher because of a variety of auditory disorders …

Highlights•Mouse ultrasonic vocalizations carry male behavioral state and fitness
information.•Males produce most courtship vocalizations, but females may also …

Sex-steroid hormones are well-known regulators of vocal motor behavior in several
organisms. A large body of evidence now indicates that these same hormones modulate …

Receptive fields of primary auditory cortex (A1) neurons show excitatory neuronal frequency
preference and diverse inhibitory sidebands. While the frequency preferences of excitatory …

Highlights•Natural sounds and simple sounds may be encoded and mapped differently
along the auditory system.•In cortex, response properties to complex sounds cannot be …

Sound discrimination is essential in many species for communicating and foraging. Bats, for
example, use sounds for echolocation and communication. In the bat auditory cortex there …

Perception of complex sounds such as speech is affected by a variety of factors, including
attention, expectation of reward, physiological state, and/or disorders, yet the mechanisms …

The ubiquity of social vocalizations among animals provides the opportunity to identify
conserved mechanisms of auditory processing that subserve communication. Identifying …

The inferior colliculus (IC) is a critical computational hub in the central auditory pathway.
From its position in the midbrain, the IC receives nearly all the ascending output from the …