Mice and rats emit ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs), which may express their arousal and
emotional states, to communicate with each other. There is continued scientific effort to …

Vocalization is an ancient vertebrate trait essential to many forms of communication, ranging
from courtship calls to free verse. Vocalizations may be entirely innate and evoked by sexual …

Some rodents produce ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) for social communication using an
aerodynamic whistle, a unique vocal production mechanism not found in other animals. The …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that leads to a wide
range of motor and nonmotor deficits. Specifically, voice and swallow deficits manifest early …

House mice, like many tetrapods, produce multielement calls consisting of individual
vocalizations repeated in rhythmic series. In this study, we examine the multielement …

Rodent ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) are a vital tool for linking gene mutations to behavior
in mouse models of communication disorders, such as autism [1]. However, we currently …

During rodent active behavior, multiple orofacial sensorimotor behaviors, including sniffing
and whisking, display rhythmicity in the theta range (~ 5–10 Hz). During specific behaviors …

Rat ultrasonic vocalizations have been suggested to be either a byproduct of physical
movement or, in the case of 50-kHz calls, a means to communicate positive affect. Yet there …

Highlights•Rodents exhibit extreme variation in acoustic signal structure.•Intraspecific
acoustic variation is often overlooked.•Acoustic variation is associated with ontogenic, social …

Acoustic communication is fundamental to social interactions among animals, including
humans. In fact, deficits in voice impair the quality of life for a large and diverse population of …