Effects of ovarian hormones on the emission of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations during distributed clitoral stimulation in the rat

Gerson, Christine; Cionnaith, Conall E. Mac; Quintana, Gonzalo R.; Pfaus, James G.

doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.01.005

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“…In this study, rats were ovariectomized and treated with estradiol, progesterone, estradiol + progesterone, or a vehicle. The combined estradiol + progesterone treatment significantly increased the rate of USVs as well as the duration and complexity of the USVs [147]. This finding mirrors the previously mentioned study that found USV duration and complexity to be greatest during high hormone/receptive states.…”

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“…Another study found that hormonal injections influenced USV acoustic parameters of trill and flat-trill 50 kHz USVs during clitoral stimulation [147]. In this study, rats were ovariectomized and treated with estradiol, progesterone, estradiol + progesterone, or a vehicle.…”

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“…In addition to play-based social interactions, 50 kHz USVs are produced in mating contexts to initiate approach behaviors of mating partners [4]. Research findings are mixed regarding the role of USVs in mating, but one theory suggests that male 50 kHz USVs are prosocial in nature and elicit female copulation behaviors [144][145][146][147]. Other results suggest that female USVs do not provide mating incentive for male counterparts and instead support that male rats will show sexual interest in the female rat regardless of the presence of USVs [148][149][150], and male USVs did not influence female USV production [146].…”

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Biological and Acoustic Sex Differences in Rat Ultrasonic Vocalization

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The rat model is a useful tool for understanding peripheral and central mechanisms of laryngeal biology. Rats produce ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) that have communicative intent and are altered by experimental conditions such as social environment, stress, diet, drugs, age, and neurological diseases, validating the rat model’s utility for studying communication and related deficits. Sex differences are apparent in both the rat larynx and USV acoustics and are differentially affected by experimental conditions. Therefore, the purpose of this review paper is to highlight the known sex differences in rat USV production, acoustics, and laryngeal biology detailed in the literature across the lifespan.

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Biological and Acoustic Sex Differences in Rat Ultrasonic Vocalization

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“…Like in mice, female rats emit more 50 kHz calls when sexually receptive (Thomas and Barfield, 1985 ; Matochik and Barfield, 1994 ; Bernanke et al, 2021 ; Lenell and Johnson, 2021 ) and males increase their calling rate in the presence of a receptive female (McGinnis and Vakulenko, 2003 ; Portfors, 2007 ) indicating the potential of USVs to modulate female mate choice. However, there has been controversy regarding the importance of male calls in female mate choice; while some studies support the importance of male calls (Thomas and Barfield, 1985 ; Gerson et al, 2019 ) eliciting female approach behavior (Seffer et al, 2014 ; Willadsen et al, 2014 ; Berg et al, 2018 , 2021 ; Kisko et al, 2018 , 2020 ), others found that females choose vocalizing vs. non-vocalizing males equally often (Snoeren et al, 2014 ). Despite the contradictory results, it is well accepted that female rats emit more calls when interacting with male vs. female conspecifics (White et al, 1993 ; Armas et al, 2021 ), probably signaling sexual motivation towards the male (Börner et al, 2016 ) and that male USVs can trigger female solicitation behavior (McIntosh et al, 1978 ), including ear wiggling and darting behavior.…”

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Hearing, touching, and multisensory integration during mate choice

Lenschow

Mendes

Lima

2022

Front. Neural Circuits

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Mate choice is a potent generator of diversity and a fundamental pillar for sexual selection and evolution. Mate choice is a multistage affair, where complex sensory information and elaborate actions are used to identify, scrutinize, and evaluate potential mating partners. While widely accepted that communication during mate assessment relies on multimodal cues, most studies investigating the mechanisms controlling this fundamental behavior have restricted their focus to the dominant sensory modality used by the species under examination, such as vision in humans and smell in rodents. However, despite their undeniable importance for the initial recognition, attraction, and approach towards a potential mate, other modalities gain relevance as the interaction progresses, amongst which are touch and audition. In this review, we will: (1) focus on recent findings of how touch and audition can contribute to the evaluation and choice of mating partners, and (2) outline our current knowledge regarding the neuronal circuits processing touch and audition (amongst others) in the context of mate choice and ask (3) how these neural circuits are connected to areas that have been studied in the light of multisensory integration.

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“…Our observations are consistent with the results of Barfield and Thomas (1986) , which showed estrus clustered and a modulated type of USV. Similarly, Gerson et al (2019) showed that direct clitoral stimulation elicits trill and flat-trill subtypes, and hormones significantly augment their emission. We demonstrate in Figures 7 , 9 this characteristic pattern of estrus (aroused) female vocalization with highly modulated 50-kHz signals combined in clusters.…”

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A Protocol for the Non-invasive Method of Ultrasound Separation During the Sociosexual Vocal-Non-contact Model in Rats

Bogacki-Rychlik

Wrona

Bialy

2022

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Ultrasonic vocalization (USV) is one of the measurable behavioral parameters of sociosexual interactions in rats. To precisely and accurately describe the neurobehavioral properties of USV and the potentially related specific emotional responsiveness of animals, we need to know which animals vocalize and what is their exact behavioral and physiological response. To this end, we modified the non-contact cage [non-contact erection model (NCE)] by adding a modification [vocalization-non-contact erection (VOC-NCE)] that makes it possible to assign emitted ultrasonic signals to a particular animal. Typically, the NCE cage consists of two compartments separated by perforated baffles. A male is placed in one section, and a receptive female is placed in the other section. This makes possible the accurate description of sexual parameters related to the cues controlled by the experimenter. In VOC-NCE, we completely separated the male USV from the female USV by three appropriately perforated baffles and located microphones combined with ultrasonic screening. We recorded emission in both typical bands, the so-called 22- and 50-kHz bands, with various subtypes, thus highlighting the utility of our protocol to investigate the sexual dimorphism of vocalization. Similar to the anticipatory model, we showed that emission can occur without acoustic feedback from concomitants during the VOC-NCE test. Therefore, we propose a relatively simple method for assigning individual vocalization. We discuss its usefulness and limitations in assessing vocal differentiation related to sexual parameters, adaptive changes during conditioning procedures, and further applications.

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Effects of ovarian hormones on the emission of 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations during distributed clitoral stimulation in the rat

Cited by 5 publications

References 61 publications

Biological and Acoustic Sex Differences in Rat Ultrasonic Vocalization

Biological and Acoustic Sex Differences in Rat Ultrasonic Vocalization

Hearing, touching, and multisensory integration during mate choice

A Protocol for the Non-invasive Method of Ultrasound Separation During the Sociosexual Vocal-Non-contact Model in Rats

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