Do juvenile rats use specific ultrasonic calls to coordinate their social play?
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Burke et al. (2022) suggested that for male rats being pinned during tickling may be important for production of USVs in comparison to social play where de-vocalisation studies show that it is typically the rat doing the pinning that emits these calls.
“Burke et al. (2022) suggested that for male rats being pinned during tickling may be important for production of USVs in comparison to social play where de-vocalisation studies show that it is typically the rat doing the pinning that emits these calls ( Burke et al., 2018).”
From Stage 2 Registered Report: Refinement of tickling protocols to improve positive animal welfare in laboratory rats (2025) · cites this paper as Burke et al., 2018
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Burgdorf, J., Kroes, R. A., Moskal, J. R., Pfaus, J. G., Brudzynski, S. M., & Panksepp, J. (2008) · Journal of Comparative Psychology · doi:10.1037/a0012889 · Cited by 469 · see citing works
Himmler, B. T., Kisko, T. M., Euston, D. R., Kolb, B., & Pellis, S. M. (2014) · Behavioural Processes · doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2014.04.014 · Cited by 87 · see citing works
Self-citationPeering into the Dynamics of Social Interactions: Measuring Play Fighting in Rats
Himmler, B. T., Pellis, V. C., & Pellis, S. M. (2013) · Journal of Visualized Experiments · doi:10.3791/4288 · Cited by 81 · see citing works
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Play fighting and the development of the social brain: The rat’s tale
Pellis, S. M., Pellis, V. C., Ham, J. R., & Stark, R. A. (2023) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105037 · Cited by 76 · see citing works
Self-citationStark, R., & Pellis, S. M. (2020) · International Journal of Play · doi:10.1080/21594937.2020.1720142 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
Self-citationWho’s laughing? Play, tickling and ultrasonic vocalizations in rats.
Burke, C. J., Pellis, S. M., & Achterberg, E. J. M. (2022) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B · doi:10.1098/rstb.2021.0184 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
Self-citationWhat do you hear what do you say? Ultrasonic calls as signals during play fighting in rats
Burke, C. J., Euston, D. R., & Pellis, S. M. (2020) · International Journal of Play · doi:10.1080/21594937.2020.1720126 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
Self-citationAchterberg, E. J. M., Burke, C. J., & Pellis, S. M. (2023) · Behavioural Processes · doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2023.104933 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
Self-citationSex differences in 50 kHz call subtypes emitted during tickling-induced playful behaviour in rats.
Tivey, E. K. L., Martin, J. E., Brown, S. M., Bombail, V., Lawrence, A. B., & Meddle, S. L. (2022) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-022-19362-7 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Bombail, V., Brown, S. M., Beyts, C., Martin, J. E., Li, T., Meddle, S. L., Mendl, M., Robinson, E. S., Hammond, T. J., Nielsen, B. L., et al. (2025) · F1000Research · doi:10.12688/f1000research.166417.2 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
“Burke et al. (2022) suggested that for male rats being pinned during tickling may be important for production of USVs in comparison to social play where de-vocalisation studies show that it is typically the rat doing the pinning that emits these calls (Burke et al., 2018).”
- Authors
- Burke, C. J., Kisko, T. M., Euston, D. R., & Pellis, S. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Lethbridge (CA)
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Burke, Candace J.
- Venue
- Animal Behaviour
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-06
- Volume
- 140
- Pages
- 81-92
- ISSN
- 0003-3472 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2804817493
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 4.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Animal Behaviour (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada ((no. 372305), (no. 40058))
- Alberta Innovates Health Solutions
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Keywords
- play fighting, ultrasonic vocalizations, 50-kHz calls, young rats, play signals, social coordination, anogenital sniffing
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