Table 1.
Environmental modulation effect on ultrasonic communication
| Effect of environmental modulation on USVs | USVs features | Strains | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social context | |||
| Pups | ↓ Number when exposed to adult male odor | Shank1 KO | Sungur et al. (2016) |
| ↓ Number when exposed to nest odor vs. clean bedding | WT, µ-opioid receptor KO, serotonin receptor 1A KO | D’Amato and Cabib (1987); Moles et al. (2004); Zanettini et al. (2010) | |
| ↓ Number and duration when exposed to soiled vs. clean bedding | WT and BTBR | Wöhr (2015) | |
| ↑ Number when exposed to pheromones of adult male | WT | Kessler et al. (2011) | |
| ↓ Number when exposed to maternal enrichment | WT and Fmr1 KO | Oddi et al. (2015) | |
| ↑ Number when separated from mother vs. standard-facility reared | Balb/c and WT | Feifel et al. (2017) | |
| Adults | Gender effect on number, frequency and amplitude | WT | Zala et al. (2017) |
| ↓ Number when exposed to communal nesting vs. standard nesting | WT | Gracceva et al. (2009) | |
| ↓ Number when grouped vs. isolated | WT | Chabout et al. (2012) | |
| ↓ Number when isolated vs. exposed to other mice | CBA/CaJ | Burke et al. (2018) | |
| Male audience effect on number and acoustic features | SWR/J | Seagraves et al. (2016) | |
| ↓ Number in socially safe environment | WT and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor KO | Chabout et al. (2013) | |
| ↑ Number when emitted by dominant male vs. subordinate male mice | DBA/2J | Nyby et al. (1976) | |
| ↑ Number of restrain-induced USVs by isolation and presence of a social congener; ↑ Number of free moving-induced USVs by isolation | WT | Lefebvre et al. (2020) | |
| MIA context | MIA vs. vehicle group | ||
| Pups | ↑ Or ↓ number | LPS and Poly I:C models | Jouda et al. (2019) |
| ↓ Number and duration on PND 8, 10 and 12 | Poly I:C model | Malkova et al. (2012) | |
| ↑ Number on PND 8 in BTBR and ↑ number on PND 10 in BTBR and WT | Poly I:C model | Schwartzer et al. (2013) | |
| ↓ Or ↑ number | Poly I:C model; LPS model | Carlezon et al. (2019) | |
| ↑ Number | Poly I:C model | Choi et al. (2016); Kim et al. (2017) | |
| ↓ Number | LPS model | Schaafsma et al. (2017) | |
| ↑ Number and duration | LPS model | Aria et al. (2020) | |
| Adults | ↓ Number | Poly I:C models | Malkova et al. (2012); Jouda et al. (2019) |
KO: Knock-out; MIA: maternal immune activation; USVs: ultrasonic vocalizations; WT: wild-type.