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Improved cortical entrainment to infant communication calls in mothers compared with virgin mice

Liu, Robert C., Linden, Jennifer F., Schreiner, Christoph E.·2006·European Journal of Neuroscience

Abstract

There is a growing interest in the use of mice as a model system for species‐specific communication. In particular, ultrasonic calls emitted by mouse pups communicate distress, and elicit a search and retrieval response from mothers. Behaviorally, mothers prefer and recognize these calls in two‐alternative choice tests, in contrast to pup‐naïve females that do not have experience with pups. Here, we explored whether one particular acoustic feature that defines these calls − the repetition rate of calls within a bout − is represented differently in the auditory cortex of these two animal groups. Multiunit recordings in anesthetized CBA/CaJ mice revealed that: (i) neural entrainment to repeated stimuli extended up to the natural pup call repetition rate (5 Hz) in mothers; but (ii) neurons in naïve females followed repeated stimuli well only at slower repetition rates; and (iii) entrained responses to repeated pup calls were less sensitive to natural pup call variability in mothers than in pup‐naïve females. In the broader context, our data suggest that auditory cortical responses to communication sounds are plastic, and that communicative significance is correlated with an improved cortical representation.

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  • Changes in auditory cortex which might enhance the detection of infant vocalizations persist up to several weeks after weaning.

    “changes in auditory cortex which might enhance the detection of infant vocalizations have been shown to persist up to several weeks after weaning”

    From Neuromodulation of maternal circuits by oxytocin (2019) · cites this paper as Liu et al., 2006

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Authors
Liu, R. C., Linden, J. F., & Schreiner, C. E.
Affiliations
  • Emory University (US)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Liu, Robert C.
Venue
European Journal of Neuroscience
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2006-06
Volume
23
Issue
11
Pages
3087-3097
ISSN
  • 0953-816X (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-9568
OpenAlex
W2141066586
Cited by
112
References
67
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • European Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (F32DC005279, R01DC002260, F32 DC05279, DC002260)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS 34835, P01NS034835)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology › Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
Keywords
maternal behavior, ultrasonic vocalizations, auditory cortex, neural entrainment, maternal experience, auditory plasticity, virgin females
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Auditory Cortex, Behavior, Animal, Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Female, Male, Maternal Behavior, Mice, Inbred CBA, Sound Localization, Sound Spectrography, Ultrasonics, Vocalization, Animal, Recognition, Psychology, Mice

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