Female ultrasonic vocalizations have no incentive value for male rats.

2013 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eelke M. S. Snoeren ◽  
Anders Ågmo
Keyword(s):  
Ultrasonic Vocalizations ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Incentive Value

Ultrasonic vocalizations of defeated male rats.

1979 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
James G. Corrigan ◽  
Kevin J. Flannelly
Keyword(s):  
Ultrasonic Vocalizations ◽  
Male Rats

Ultrasonic vocalizations in male rats following acquisition of copulation-illness associations

1988 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 749-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald H. Peters ◽  
Paul C. Koch ◽  
Bonnie L. Blythe ◽  
Kenneth J. Sufka
Keyword(s):  
Ultrasonic Vocalizations ◽  
Male Rats

Effects of Food Deprivation upon Cue Utilization as Measured by Novelty-Incentive

1974 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kermit T. Hoyenga ◽  
Katharine Blick Hoyenga
Keyword(s):  
Food Deprivation ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Complex Stimulus ◽  
Latent Learning ◽  
Cue Utilization ◽  
Free Exploration ◽  
Incentive Value ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Complex Goal ◽  
Hunger Drive

A series of three experiments was done to test the hypothesis that high levels of food deprivation would adversely affect cue utilization from a complex stimulus goal as tested by its novelty-incentive value when that goal was later opposed to food for hungry subjects in a T-maze. It was found that the hunger drive level under which the male rats had originally experienced the complex stimulus goal determined its later incentive value, whether the original experience was in a latent learning type II situation (Experiment I, 20 subjects), a drive-shift situation (Experiment II, 40 subjects), or a free exploration situation (Experiment III, 30 subjects). In each experiment, having first experienced the complex goal under low levels of deprivation significantly decreased the frequency of choices of that goal in a later test relative to the performance of the more deprived animals. The data was interpreted as indicating that utilization of cues, in the sense of input and possibly retention of information, was hindered by the higher levels of deprivation.

Juvenile stress potentiates aversive 22-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations and freezing during auditory fear conditioning in adult male rats

Stress ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 533-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Yee ◽  
Rainer K.W. Schwarting ◽  
Eberhard Fuchs ◽  
Markus Wöhr
Keyword(s):  
Fear Conditioning ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Ultrasonic Vocalizations ◽  
Male Rats

scholarly journals Inhibition of a cortico-thalamic circuit attenuates cue-induced reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior in “relapse prone” male rats

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany N. Kuhn ◽  
Paolo Campus ◽  
Marin S. Klumpner ◽  
Stephen E. Chang ◽  
Amanda G. Iglesias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Incentive Salience ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Drug Induced ◽  
Drug Seeking ◽  
Drug Cues ◽  
Cortical Input ◽  
Incentive Value ◽  
Seeking Behavior

AbstractRelapse often occurs when individuals are exposed to stimuli or cues previously associated with the drug-taking experience. The ability of drug cues to trigger relapse is believed to be a consequence of incentive salience attribution, a process by which the incentive value of reward is transferred to the reward-paired cue. Sign-tracker (ST) rats that attribute enhanced incentive value to reward cues are more prone to relapse compared to goal-tracker (GT) rats that primarily attribute predictive value to such cues. The neurobiological mechanisms underlying this individual variation in relapse propensity remains largely unexplored. The paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) has been identified as a critical node in the regulation of cue-elicited behaviors in STs and GTs, including cue-induced reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior. Here we used a chemogenetic approach to assess whether “top-down” cortical input from the prelimbic cortex (PrL) to the PVT plays a role in mediating individual differences in relapse propensity. Chemogenetic inhibition of the PrL-PVT pathway selectively decreased cue-induced reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior in STs, without affecting behavior in GTs. In contrast, cocaine-primed drug-seeking behavior was not affected in either phenotype. Furthermore, when rats were characterized based on a different behavioral phenotype – locomotor response to novelty – inhibition of the PrL-PVT pathway had no effect on either cue- or drug-induced reinstatement. These results highlight an important role for the PrL-PVT pathway in vulnerability to relapse that is driven by individual differences in the propensity to attribute incentive salience to discrete reward cues.

Olfactory discrimination and incentive value of non copulating and sexually sluggish male rats

2008 ◽  
Vol 93 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 742-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.P. De Gasperín-Estrada ◽  
F.J. Camacho ◽  
R.G. Paredes
Keyword(s):  
Olfactory Discrimination ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Incentive Value

scholarly journals Anticipatory 50-kHz Precontact Ultrasonic Vocalizations and Sexual Motivation: Characteristic Pattern of Ultrasound Subtypes in an Individual Analyzed Profile

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiktor Bogacki-Rychlik ◽  
Mateusz Rolf ◽  
Michal Bialy
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Sexual Motivation ◽  
Ultrasonic Vocalizations ◽  
Characteristic Pattern ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Copulatory Activity ◽  
Long Evans ◽  
Modulated Signals

We verified the hypothesis of the existence of forms of individual-specific differences in the emission of anticipatory precontact vocalization (PVs) indicating individualization related to sexual experience and motivation in male rats. Long-Evans males were individually placed in a chamber and 50-kHz ultrasounds were recorded during 5-min periods. In experiment 1, PVs were recorded before the introduction of a female in four consecutive sessions during the acquisition of sexual experience. In experiment 2, PVs were analyzed in three groups of sexually experienced males: with the highest, moderate, and the lowest sexual motivation based on previous copulatory activity. In both experiments, the total number of ultrasounds, as well as 14 different specific subtypes, was measured. The ultrasound profiles for each male were created by analyzing the proportions of specific dominant subtypes of so-called 50-kHz calls. We decided that the dominant ultrasounds were those that represented more than 10% of the total recorded signals in a particular session. The number of PVs was positively correlated with the acquisition of sexual experience and previous copulatory efficiency (measured as the number of sessions with ejaculation). Furthermore, PVs showed domination of the frequency modulated signals (complex and composite) as well as flat and short with upward ramp ultrasounds with some individual differences, regardless of the level of sexual motivation. The results show a characteristic pattern of PVs and confirm the hypothesis that the number of PVs is a parameter reflecting the level of sexual motivation.

Ultrasonic vocalizations and aggressive behavior in male rats

1986 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Takeuchi ◽  
Seiichiro Kawashima
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Ultrasonic Vocalizations ◽  
Male Rats
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